Coastal Forces Veterans

Hello Buddy, I have been unable to learn the movements of ML 246 in Burma in the period after Operation Dracula and the end of the war. I believe that the ML went to Prome in June 1945 and I have some of the details of the surrender of the Japanese forces at Mergui in September 1945 in which the cre...

Many thanks for your very prompt reply.

Stephen Ferriter

Does anyone have any details of Coastal Forces boats being based at Littlehampton in 1942? My father spoke of being based there for a short time, in a torpedo boat I think. When I was a child we would visit the town and he would show us where they would be berthed near the mouth of the River Arun. A...

Many thanks to Bryan Holmes for the prompt, detailed reply. The list of the known crew of HMS Grey Wolf includes PO Thomas Boyle DSM MID who I met following my father's death in 1975. He kindly spent an hour or so with me describing the day to day life and the friendships, and tensions onboard. Like...

Could anyone please provide information on the above boats. My Dad served on both in the following periods: SGB Grey Wolf - 4th January to 23rd September 1944. He spoke of the flotilla commander, Peter Scott, being onboard until shortly before D-Day. Where can I find details of specific incidents in...

Was Norman Tyldesley on ML245 or 246 in 1945? The book '13th & 14th Fairmile Flotillas in Burma' tells the story of these two flotillas plus the 34th flotilla and their voyage from Pembroke Dock to Burma. It shows ML 245 in the 34th flotilla rather than the 13th. ML 245 came from the 7th ML flot...