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

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



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L.Sea. Alfred "Wiggy" Bennett

Royal Navy HMS Havock

from:Liverpool, England

My Dad, Alfred Bennett was a lead submarine detector. He served upon many ships during the War. He told me of the time he was aboard the Havock when it was torpedoed off the coast of Africa. He swam to shore and was taken prisoner by the Vichy French. He was taken by train to a prison camp, over some very steep mountains. He said you could look straight down from the train, it was so steep. I have a copy of some of his service records that show that he was reported missing, now found and safe in the U.K. He didn't tell me much about the camp. I wish now that I had asked him more questions and that I had recorded our conversations about his time in the Royal Navy and as a Prisoner of War.



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