|
|
|
HMS Dido
HMS Dido was built by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. She was launched on 18th of July 1939, her first Commander was Captain H W W McCall.
27th Nov 1944 Air Attacks
If you can provide any additional information, please add it here.
|
Those known to have sailed in HMS Dido during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Brown Robert Wilfred. Able Sea.
- Brown Robert Wilfred. A.B.
- Donovan Georgie. Sto1
- Hall Stanley. L/Stkr.
- Skelton Arthur. SPO
- Wood Edwin Thomas. Able.Sea.
The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
please
Add a Name to this List
Records of HMS Dido from other sources.
|
|
|
The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website.
Announcements
- The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web.
- 18th April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263925 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible.
- Looking for help with Family History Research?
Please read our Family History FAQ's
- The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web.
If you enjoy this site
please consider making a donation.
Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our
Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. |
|
We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates.
If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page.
Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted
photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them.
The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted.
World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion
Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a
Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.
|
|
Want to know more about HMS Dido? There are:2 items tagged HMS Dido 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. |
|
A.B. Robert Wilfred "Buster" Brown HMS Wakeful Wilf Brown, Buster served in the Royal Navy from 1936 to 1948. He was on HMS Drake and HMS Wakeful when it sank on 29th of May 1940 at Dunkirk. He also served on HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Eaglet, HMS Dido, and LST 373.
Wilf was a Freeman of the City of Durham.
|
Able.Sea. Edwin Thomas Wood My dad Ted Wood joined in 1943 almost 17 years of age. He served on HMS Pembroke and HMS Dido as well as others. Dad never really talked about the battles but always the friendships and the scrapes they got into on shore leave. Dad always wanted to go back to the Greek Islands but never managed it, he died in 1979 at the age of 53.
|
L/Stkr. Stanley Hall HMS Musketeer My Grandfather Stanley Hall served in the WW2 on both the HMS Dido and the HMS Musketeer. He was one of the very few to do the "Russian Run" on more than one occasion.
|
Sto1 Georgie "Spike" Donovan HMS Pembroke Dad was in the Royal Navy from 22 Nov 1938-8 June 1949 list of ships he served on in order of service:
- HMSPembroke
- HMS Foxhound (H69)
- HMS Mauritius(80)
- HMS Caledonia (D53)
- HMS Volunteer(D71)
- HMS Lanka
- HMS Waldegrave(k579)
- HMS Dido
- HMS Triumph
He served on a few more but I had trouble in deciphering dad's certificate of service records. He never spoke about the war during his lifetime but having received a copy of his war records recently and reading about his dangerous engagements makes you fill proud.
|
Recomended Reading.Available at discounted prices.
|
|
|
