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223318 Coder. Ronald Richard Hancock Royal Navy HMS Brixham from:Camberwell, London My father, Ronald Hancock was born in September 1924. He attended the Caldecot Road Junior Mixed school London and then the Loughborough Central School in London from 1936 to November 1939. He was an child evacuee and was sent to Swanage. By all accounts he enjoyed his time there. He tried to enlist in the RAF but was rejected because he was under age and the RAF required a birth certificate. He then tried the navy, who were not as particular, and was enlisted in April 1942. He served in the Mediterranean on the minesweeper and convoy escort HMS Brixham as a Coder until being discharged in March 1946. He worked in London until emigrating to Australia in April 1955 with my mother and three children (including me). He had a successful life in Australia and returned periodically to the UK to visit family. He passed away in December 2014. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.