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248741Roy James Earnest Lang
Royal Navy HMS Europa
from:Babacombe, Devon
My father, James Lang sserved in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. I've extracted all of the information from his service records that I have the originals for.
- Home Guard – 5th May 1941 – 12th November 1942
- Home Address – 1 Highbury Road, Torquay, Devon.
- Port Division - Lowestoft
- Service Records LT/KX142219
- Royal Arthur, 2nd Stoker, 17th November 1942 - 21st December 1942
- Europa, 2nd Stoker, 22nd December 1942 - 6th January 1942
- Beau, 2nd Stoker, 26th March 1943 - 11 June 1943
- Europa, Primary Stoker, 12th June 1943 - 13th September 1943
- Hannibal Primary Stoker 14th September 1943 - 28th September 1943
- Hannibal (Escort HMS Fury), Primary Stoker 29th September 1943 - 30 September 1944
- St Angelo (Escort HMS Fury) Primary Stoker 1st October 1944 - 16th June 1945
- Europa, Primary Stoker, 17th June 1945 - 29th August 1945
- Europa, War Head Stoker,31st October 1945 - 18th November 1945
- Hophauss (ZZ6), Primary Stoker, 19th November 1945 - 28th February 1946
- Loch in naval (ZZ6) Primary Stoker 1st March 1946 - 9th August 1946
- Pembroke (patrols), Primary Stoker, 10th August 1946 - 26th August 1946
- Lynx Byms 2070, 27th August 1946 - 29th November 1946
Note within Service Records R Lang sto/i RN is attachhed to US Naval Task Force 86 - Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 22, Commanding Officer R J Dressling.
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