213126 PO Jack Hubert Scott Royal Navy HMS. Halsted from:Bognor Regis My father, Jack Scott was serving on HMS Halsted when she was torpedoed on the 11th June 1944. He was thrown into the air when the explosion happened and landed back on deck with severe injuries to his back. Somehow, he was attended to and survived this ordeal. At the time, he had been married for just 40 days and one can only guess what affect this had on my parent's relationship, although I am reliably informed that I was conceived just two months later. I still have the Hurt Certificate subsequently issued by the Royal Navy regarding this injury. Hurt or not, nothing was going to stop this officer being up to the job.
His previous ship had been HMS Pozarica and he lost five old ship mates
when 'Y' Gun took a direct hit in January 1943. His memories of his 13 mates on the Pozy always stayed close to him as I have a photograph of all 14 of them on the back of which they have all signed their names and my father thoughtfully left a separate little card to identify them all tucked inside a copy of Godfrey Winn's book PQ17. Seems I am fortunate to ever have arrived.
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