Coastal Forces Veterans

I have found some photos which might be relevant to this thread. My grandfather "Prince" Albert Edward Cartridge is seated on the bollard and in the centre of the three seated men. The other two men are unknown but these photos were kept carefully by my Grandparents. The fireboat photos we...

Hello Geoff Thank you for adding to the story which adds more detail to the events of that night. It would appear HMS Javelin would have been the destroyer which took took off survivors. Do you have a copy of the letter your grandfather wrote to Commander Lyons? Also do you know anything more of th...

I am a newcomer to this interesting thread about "Pilot Boat 4" My family is from a very long line of Poole Dorset fishing families. Our family is related to many others in the old town of Poole fishing families including Toms and Mitchell. I have only just discovered that my grandfather w...