Coastal Forces Veterans

It was on the 28th or 29th of July. The Royal Navy casualities list mentions 4 others as well, all with what looks like shrapnel wounds and brought back to Felixstowe. Any ideas what happened on those dates? Is your grandfather specifically named within the records you've seen? The following extrac...

It's all become clear now, he was aboard MGB 67

Hi I signed up to 'findmypast' and I think I've found when my Grandad recieved his wounds. It was on the 28th or 29th of July. The Royal Navy casualities list mentions 4 others as well, all with what looks like shrapnel wounds and brought back to Felixstowe. Any ideas what happened on those dates? T...

Hi Admin,

Yes, I recieved the Service Record in early June from the MOD disclosure office. That was the document I shared with you a few weeks ago.

That's as much as I've got from them.

Cheers

Richard

Hi Admin, It looks like I've gone as far as I'm going to get with the MOD and the Royal Navy Secretariat using the link provided above. I got the following response: I have spoken to the Navy Search Team regarding your Grandad's Service Records and they have confirmed that you were provided with all...

Hi Admin

I just applied on the link. But I think that's the same link I used to get the Service Records :-(

Is there an alternative link for "Pay & Victualling Records"?

Thanks

Richard

Hi Admin, Yes, the Service Record is extremely hard to read, and I'd say generally the most detail was around the time of him being on HMS Suffolk early on in the war. He is listed as being injured from burns to face and hands in the Admiralty Report for HMS Suffolk\Operation Duck - https://www.nava...

Hi Admin

My Grandads Service Record did say that he spent a couple of months at HMS Hornet from 9th March 1942 to 14th May 1942.

That may correlate to some of the boats above.

Richard

Hi Admin

Yes, please email me a link and a password and I will upload the Service Record.

Thanks

Richard

Hi Admin MTBs 029, 030, 070, 071, 072, 075(2) (4th MTB Flotilla) with MGBs 075 & 076 on 6 October 1942 were waiting at a designated position off the Dutch coast to intercept a large German merchant vessel, which was due to pass their position at approximately 01.30hrs. However, while they waite...

Hi Admin, The Service Record is a two page document. The one I received was a photocopy and I can't tell what it's texture is I'm afraid. I had wondered whether I should share the Service Record online, but I'm not sure what the done thing is with that and I'm always a little bit cautious about shar...

Admin, This is brilliant information. It makes sense that he may have been involved in the engagement near Flushing on the 6th of October 1942; received injuries from that, and that was the why the Hurt Certificate was issued the following day. But is there any source of information that would put h...

Hi Admin He was a Telegraphist for most of the war. So he was an Ordinary Telegraphist on the cruiser HMS Suffolk prior to joining Coastal Forces and by the end of the war, at HMS Beehive, he was a Leading Telegraphist. I've a couple of questions, if that's OK If a sailor in Coastal Forces was wound...

Thanks Admin, He joined on 21st September 1938, where he was originally posted at "Victory 1". He joined the cruiser, HMS Suffolk on 27th September 1939 and was severly injured (burned) after it was bombed in a Norwegian Fjord on 19th April 1940. After HMS Suffolk he went back to "Vic...

Hi Admin Thank you for very prompt reply, and the interesting information you have provided. Here are the dates I've been able to extract from his Service Record n.b. the handwriting is poor in places, but I believe I'm accurate: Vernon (Hornet) 18 Oct 1940 Hornet [Oct 1940] — (MTB 03) 23 Jan 1941 A...

Hi everyone, This is my first post on this forum. I've recently started to research what my Grandad (Sydney Pryke) did in during the war. I know from what I've been told by my parents that he was on MTBs and I think also MGBs and I can tell from his Service Record that he spent the majority of his t...