Coastal Forces Veterans

Hi I have spoken to my Mum as she told me Grandpa had left ML 207 early. Now she told me he wasn't demobbed until later than most other service men, I did have his service record which I have put in a very safe place which I can't find. I am going to apply for another copy because I think you are pr...

I am sorry I have only just seen your post, I don't know where all the time is going. Herbert (Bert) Longmate was from Sheffield, his Father was a Postman. His Mother insisted he had a good education and he was sent to boarding school, he hated it and at 14 ran away to sea. He was sent home but when...

Hello, My Grandpa was Coxswain on ML 207 on D Day Herbert Longmate. He was 40 years old, he had been a merchant navy officer but left the sea when he married my grannie. He applied for a commission in the RNVR but was turned down and served most of the war as a coxswain on coastal forces craft. Befo...