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HMS High Flyer
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Those known to have sailed in HMS High Flyer during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Adamson Ronald Victor. Marine.
- Barlow Harold. L/Sea.
- Carr Gilbert. Coder
- Cowell Harry. AB. (d.14th July 1945)
- Derbyshire Robert. Able Sea.
- Eyres Thomas. Able Sea.
- Richbell Edward William.
- Wright Edward John. 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,
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L/Sea. Harold Barlow HMS Galatea Harold Barlow joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in 1933 and served on the following ships during WW2, HMS Drake, HMS Nile, HMS Pembroke, HMS Galatea and HMS Highflyer.
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Edward William Richbell HMS Pembroke Edward Richbell served in HMS Bristol, HMS Ganges, HMS Swiftsure, HMS Highflyer, HMS Mayma, HMS Lanka, HMS Tragina and HMS Pembroke.
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AB. Harry Cowell HMS Highflyer (d.14th July 1945) Harry Cowell is buried in Trincomalee War Cemetery, Sri Lanka.
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Able Sea. Edward John Wright HMS Lanka My father Ted" Wright served in the Royal Navy during WW2 from 20th of September 1943 until his medical discharge on 4th of May 1947.
His training took place in various shore stations, including HMS Ganges, Pembroke, St Christopher, Drake, Hornet, Attack (ML303), Skirmisher (ML303) before setting sail for Gibraltar on 22nd of October 1944 aboard HMS Lanka (ML303).
I have a long list of his ports of call from Algiers to Vizagapatam where the ship arrived on 19th of August 1945.
He was based in Trincomolee, Ceylon on HMS High Flyer and HMS Bambara from the end of the war until his discharge.
I have many photos of boats and shipmates none of which has any form of identification.
He did have a little green notebook where he jotted down some names - presumably his shipmates. I list them below in case one of them (or their relatives) are seeking information.
- Arthur A Hunter from near Glasgow
- Jim Hearst? from Guildford
- V Thorne from Swanscombe
- K Hemsley from Chelmsford
- C Dinmore
- A W Douch from Colliers wood
- L Fennell from Battersea
- John Lawlor from Bradford (see note below)
- W Tight
John Lawlor was obviously a bit of a poet and I have in my possession a poem written by him about the trip from Milford Haven to Gibraltar.
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Marine. Ronald Victor "Styx" Adamson HMS Highflyer Ronald Adamson served with the Royal Marines and was in HMS Highflyer in 1945.
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Able Sea. Thomas Eyres HMS Urley My dad, Thomas Eyres, volunteered for the Royal Navy in 1943 at the age of 16. He did not speak much about his time at sea except that he was in the Indian Ocean and around Burma and Malaya. He was on HMS Lanka from 17th of August 1945 to 30th of Novemeber 1945 and later 21st of April 1946 ro 22nd of May 1946. I know that he was a qualified PFF from Feb 1944 but am unsure what this is. We only found this out when writing his eulogy after he died aged 86. He was trained on HMS Drake and served on HMS Urley, Nightjar, Valkyrie, Highflyer and Bambara as well as Lanka. I also know that he was in the concert party on some ships. I am now trying to find more information to pass on to his grandson.
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Coder Gilbert Carr HMS Scotia My father, Gilbert Carr, volunteered for the Royal Navy in August 1944 days after his 18th birthday. He attended HMS Royal Arthur, Duke and Cabbala which were shorebased establishments, Cabbala being a signal school.
He then served on HMS Scotia, Mercury, aircraft carrier Trouncer, and Highflyer and was released to shore class A from Mercury in February 1947.
He told us once that he volunteered to man a rowing boat to rescue people from a ship which was on fire. Sadly, I never asked him more about it or got information about the burning ship. I am trying to trace more about this. He died some years ago, as did my mum so no-one left to ask.
If anyone can shed any light, or was on board any of the named vessels, I would love to hear their stories.
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