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Those known to have sailed in HMS Attacker during the Second World War 1939-1945. 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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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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