Hello, and thank you for accepting me to this fascinating site.
My father Charles Edgar Srodzinski who passed away in 1985 aged 81. As with anyone who served their country during the war, they didnt really speak of his time apart from snippets.
My dad told me that he spent time at Fort William and in Gosport, HMS Hornet I believe and was one of the gunners. One other bit was after D-Day he managed to get ashore and looked inside one of the german gun emplacements.
I have his Service Record, but would like to know more about operations he was involved in.
His Service Record is as follows.
Infuegrable (this may be wrong as its hard to make out the spelling). Ord Sig 1st Oct 41-- 1st Dec 41
Infuegrable Ord Sea 1st Dec 41---1st Dec 41.
Raleigh Ord Sea 2nd Dec---29th Jan 42
Excellent Ord Sea 30th Jan 42--- 26th Feb 42
St Christopher Ord Sea 27th Feb 42--- 20th Mar 42
St Christopher (ML 481) Ord Sea 21st Mar---31st May 42
Racer II (ML 481) Ord Sea 1at Jun 42---8th Aug 42
Attack AB 9th Aug 42---21st Aug 42
St Christopher (MGB 615) AB 22nd Aug 42---30 Sep 42
Hornet (MGB 615) AB 1st Oct 42---31 Mar 43
Aggressive (MGB 615) AB 1st Apr 43---5th Sep 43
Aggressive (MTB 608) AB 6th Sep 43---2nd Jan 45
Hornet AB 3rd Jan 45---16th Jun 45
Dartmouth (RCF) AB 17th Jun---5th Apr 46
Drake AB 6th Apr 46---7th Jun 46
On 1st Oct 1944 Awarded WSI (3)
1st Oct WSI (4)
Not sure what WSI means.
1s Oct 1944 granted Good Conduct Badge/Medal 1st.
There are some Captains Signatures but I cannot quite make some of them out, but are as follows.
G. Hutiburn
L. Lowray
J. L. Barton
R.W. Kelly
D.H. Sherman
I do have some photos and names of crew members.
Again, I would love to know more of my late fathers career, and what medals he would of been awarded as when he passed away I could not find any.
After the war he joined the RAF and changed his surname to his mothers maiden name of Lamble.
Much appreciation. Ian Lamble.