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HMS Nelson
HMS Nelson was a Royal Navy battleship, built by Vickers-Armstrong at the Walkers Yard, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. she was launched in 1925 and played an active part in several battles of the Second World War, including, the Malta convoys 1941-2, North Africa 1942-3, Sicily 1943, Salerno 1943, Mediterranean 1943, Normandy 1944 as well as undertaking convoy duty.
13th Jul 1941 Convoy
27th Jul 1941 Convoy
4th Aug 1941 Convoy arrives
5th July 1943 Convoy Duty
10th July 1943 Protection
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Want to know more about HMS Nelson? There are:5 items tagged HMS Nelson available in our Library
These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. |
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James Edward Gooding HMS Nelson I believe my dad served on board HMS Nelson. If anyone knew James Edward
Gooding do get in touch.
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George Hadyn Drury HMS Nelson My father, PKX 91482 Leading stoker George Haydn Drury, served on the Nelson from 3/9/1938 to 3/1/1941.
The second photo is my father and one of his shipmates (on the left). I do not his name.
This is all I know of his service on board the Nelson, however I am trying to find out more in order to catalogue his career in the Royal Navy which spanned from 1937 to 1949.
I would appreciate any information no matter how small.
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Leading Stoker George Haydn Drury HMS Nelson My father, PKX 91482 Leading Stoker George Haydn Drury, served on the Nelson from 3/9/1938 to 3/1/1941. The second photo is again my father and one of his shipmates (on left). I do not his name.
This is all I know of his service on board the Nelson, however I am trying to find out more in order to catalogue his career in the Royal Navy which spanned from 1937 to 1949.
I would appreciate any information no matter how small.
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Petty Officer Ronald Clapp HMS Nelson Petty Officer Ronald Clapp, was a gunner on HMS Nelson.
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Sidney Horace George HMS Nelson My father, Sidney Horace George, now deceased, served on the HMS Nelson. Does anyone have any information about him please?
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John "Storm" Hunt HMS Nelson My grandfather, John "Storm" Hunt served on the Nelson during the war. I believe he worked in radar. Recently he has had a stroke which has left him suffering from Alzheimer's. Does anyone remember him? On another note, why was the deck of the ship painted yellow? I am building a model of this great ship, and wondered why that was.
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Joe Newby HMS Nelson My father, Joe Newby, served on HMS Nelson at some stage during WW2. I have one photo, and medals from WW2 include Italy Star, Atlantic Star, Africa star. My son is doing a project at school about WW2 and would like to know about his grandfather. Joe died 20 years ago, so any information would be very helpful.
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Eric James Alfred Copeman HMS Nelson My dad, Eric James Alfred Copeman, served on HMS Nelson during the 2nd World War. He was leading torpedoman on the ship. If anybody has any knowledge, or remembers serving with him we would be grateful for contact, as he passed away 12 years ago aged 73.
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Robert Blyth Fleming HMS Nelson My dad served on the Nelson during the second world war and was a boy sailor. He was in Malta for two years. Does anybody remember him at all. He is 82 this year
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OS. John William Ormsby HMS Ambuscade John Ormsby was my father and he told his four children that he signed up for the Royal Navy after being shot at by a German plane while ploughing a field at his place of work in Woodfalls just outside Salisbury. He had been at grammar school in Salisbury but made to leave school before the leaving age as his parents needed and expected him to earn a living. He did not want to join the army after hearing about his father's experiences in WW1 in the Tank Corp so signed up with the RN.
After training at HMS Nelson, John was assigned to the destroyer HMS Ambuscade (D38). He told us of the terrible cold they all endured and how ice would form on your beard as they were deployed on the Arctic convoys. Tea was served in buckets and they smoked Players cigarettes. Always cold and often wet, the tea was a lifeline.
As children we had no central heating in our home because Dad was never cold.
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Cdt. David Arthur Edward Stewart-Cox HMS Nelson (d.3rd Sep 1939) David Stewart-Cox's name is listed on the Loddon War Memorial.
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Able Sea. Leonard Leslie Collier HMS Nelson Leonard Collier served in HMS Nelson.
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Able Sea. John Tallant HMS Nelson My dad John Tallant, joined the battleship HMS Nelson in June 1943 aged 17 years and sailed to the Mediterranean for the Italian invasions. He remembers being on board on the 29th September 1943 when the dignitaries came aboard to sign the surrender of Italy including Generals Eisenhower and Alexander, Air Marshalls Tedder and Parks, Lord Got and General Badoglio from Italy. He was made AB and then torpedo man before going to Normandy on D-day plus 6.
He was then drafted to Ceylon to join HMS Woolwich where he became leading seamen & cox'n of a launch. He passed for petty officer and returned with the ship in July 1946. He is now 93 years old.
If anyone remembers him I would love to be in touch.
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