Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Gilford Charles "Gil" Purr

Royal Navy HMS Royal Arthur

from:Skegness

Gilford Purr, known as George in later life, was a Radio Operator at HMS Royal Arthur having joined up from the Merchant Navy in 1942 when he witnessed the scuttling of the Graf Spee in Montivideo Harbour on one of his trips. He met his wife Joan Foy, who was a telephonist on the main switchboard at HMS Royal Arthur and it was whilst he was chatting her up during one night shift that the base was bombed and the switchboard room ceiling was blown in and he left his post to go and rescue his wife to be. Any other information from this time on either of them would be great



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