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Hello, If he was Royal Navy you could try to get his service record but you would need a bit more information as in NI number and service number. Was there any documentation with the medal which may give a number. This link would help you along that route : http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_record...

This link should set you on the right route to your dad's record but there are other routes. Note: it takes a few weeks and they will only release to next of kin- it's all in the text.

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_rec ... _navy.html

David - glad your mum is still helping you out after all the years - that's what they do!

Hi Terry, Welcome aboard as they say. Thanks for info - hope the photo I posted is a good likenesss of your dad. I am going to re-check the album (my mother has it at the moment) I vaguely recall the caption said `Lofty Turner on 6 pounder' which ties in with his role. I think @Croatian Navy has don...

Hi Darren, Good to hear from you. I had rather given up on finding any further information. My dad died 10 years ago (aged 79) and it was only afterwards that I became aware of his photo album. I have posted a number of those photos on this forum and they included the one of 'Lofty' Turner which had...

Does anybody know which flotilla(s) ML 563 was allocated to prior to her loss in Aug 1944. I can't find them anywhere?

Photo of Bill Jones (right) and Ken Hughes on ML563 (?) posted for benefit of BigB

Well done Roger - impressive. My father was also an RT on ML563 in the Med until she was lost in Aug 44.

If you look in the Motor Gun Boat section under MGB 647 - there is a photo of 646.

There are references to MTB 634 and MGB 662 in previous posts which may be of interest. Just enter numbers in search to find them. Good luck

Well done - well said - you are most welcome.

Another distant picture of MTB 670 and another crew member - exact dates again unknown but between Oct 44 and July 45.

Re CDSC123 comment
According to the following link

http://www.rjerrard.co.uk/royalnavy/his ... p2009.html

there is photo of FPB 5020 on page 254 of Dog Boats at War - does anybody have a copy for comparison?

Further to Admins comments - do we have a time slot for this photo. I believe that my photos were taken between Oct `44 and July `45 - these being the dates written on my father's medal record. As I stated initially his actual service record did not record him on MTB 670 but on ML563 until July 45 b...

Thanks Admin - I received a very similar account on another forum - the author believed they were destined to be become customs vessels.

Hello Croatian Navy, Have a look at this site if you have not already: http://www.unithistories.com/units_index/default.asp?file=../officers/personsx.html There is certainly a photo of Dennis Herbert Lummis there. You may find some others - I do not have time at the moment but will try to look later...

Hello Petro,

Have you seen the photo's I posted under MGB 647 in the MGB section. The captions in my father's album did say they were taken 'off Greece' but I do not know when or where?

Regards

Colin (jonco)

@croatian navy

Apologies and thank you for the information. Initially when I did not know where Zara was I did a search on Google Earth and the only location that came up was on the Italian coast south of Ancona. I assumed this was correct - stupid mistake sorry.

colin
(jonco)

Hi Sue,
Have a look at this for starters.
http://www.grahamtall.co.uk/wgs1955/War ... fficer.htm

More may follow

Regards

@croatian navy - Yes I realise this but I have not been able to tie this in to his timeline on 670 - if you have info please advise. His photos seem to be Italian based i.e Naples, Ancona, La Maddelena, Zara etc. There is one photo ( not very good) with the caption ` on patrol - Yugoslavian PT's fol...

Rita, Glad the photos are of use and the information supplied by others is of interest. They may have missed each other on 670 but still been part of the same flotilla. Service record info can be sketchy and do not show temporary allocations. My father was on ML563 in the Mediterranean in Aug 44 whe...

Rita,

Have a look at MTB 670 post for photos of similar MTB. The following may also be of interest.

Hi

The following entry is from Naval-history.net - casualty lists - I searched under MTB614 - was this gentleman your uncle?

SHAW, Harry, Act/Chief Motor Mechanic 4c, P/MX 98243, MTB.614, 29 March 1944, surface action, killed.

Regards,

Colin (jonco)

Hi, I think she started life as MGB 614 and was converted in Sept1943. Somebody more knowledgeable than me needs to confirm this. Have found this info so far: MTB 614 ex-MGB 614 details: see MGB 614 51st MTB Flotilla. Commanding Officer 05.11.1943-(06.1944) T/Lt. R.H. Newman, RNVR 12.1944-(07.1945) ...

Hi Rita, The following is an extract from a reply by Admin to one of my posts: `Imperial War Museum North has a book with complete crew lists and next of kin etc, compiled by the Senior Officer of SGB 4, and passed to the museum as part of a collection of his private papers. So that may be the only ...

Thank you for that information - I will read with interest. This action was before my father had joined her. He was on ML 563 on that date but she was sunk on the 16th August during Dragoon landings off south of France. He joined MTB 670 in October '44 but I don't know where he was inbetween. Cheers...

I have previously posted questions under ML's 122 and 563 in relation to the service record of my late father William Aubrey Jones JX 300350. His service record showed him on numerous bases but only on tenders ML122(Home Waters), ML 563 ( Mediterranean) and HMS Grecian ( Home Waters - post hostiliti...

In the information above MTB 634 features prominently. The attached photo is from my late father's war-time album - do not know a date but I now believe he was on MTB 670 from Oct 44 to Jun 45. I will shortly post a separate topic on this. Sorry about photo quality probably taken with a box Brownie!...

Hello Admin - further to your suggestion on previous post I (eventually) sent off for more detailed records. Initially I was disappointed as the `ship in which serving' section did not reveal any new information and was really a just transcript of his discharge service record. There was still a gap ...

Hi Jaime, I cannot remember which route I used to get there but the link is http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RNVR_officers There's a lot of interesting information in there. Can't answer your other query - would hazard a guess one was HM and the other Canadian navy - I'm sure somebody else will...