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247983 Able Sea. Ronald Norman Lewis MID Royal Navy HMS Nelson from:Harrogate, Yorkshire Ronald Lewis completed his training as an Able Seaman and graduated from HMS Wildfire just as World War 2 was declared. He Served on HMS Nelson based out of Scapa Flow with the Home Fleet from 1939 to 1942 in the Atlantic, Arctic and Malta convoys & theatres. He was directly involved in Commando Raids on Norway's Lofoten Islands as well as participating in the 3 day relief of the British Expeditionary Force Troops at Dunkirk. He also served on Crash Boats out of Simonstown and Durban, South Africa and was also a Japanese Prisoner of War for a short period in 1943 to 1944. In addition, he survived 5 sinking ships. He left the Navy after the end of World War 2 and emigrated, in 1952, with his wife and only son to Australia, where he continued to live until his death in 2018, being 96 years old. 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.