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Alistair Duncan "Mackie" Beggs
Royal Navy HMS Dorsetshire
My uncle 'Mackie' Alistair Duncan Beggs, known to us children as 'Tarzan', was a survivor of HMS Dorsetshire when she was sunk on April 5th 1942. He was badly burned and spent some time in the sea before being rescued. He was born in Pinetown, Natal, South Africa. Four of his brothers served with the South African Division in East Africa, the Western Desert, Abyssinia and Italy. They all survived as their older brother Thomas had done in WWI.