Coastal Forces Veterans

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...