248776 Seaman Alan William "Spud" Tatham Royal Navy HMS Pozarica from:26 Chipstead Lane, Kingswood, Surrey My father Alan Tatham only served one year on HMS Pozarica before he transferred to HMS Collingwood as an instructor. My Father was transferred to HMS Formidable early in 1944 from HMS Collingwood as a leading seaman and saw extensive action with the Pacific Task Force. He never spoke about the horrors he witnessed but after his demise in 1989 l found a secret diary written in dark corners that tells of those awful times, the Diary took me six months to decipher the hurried scribble and I have given it in perpetuity along with the transcription and photographs to the Royal Navy Museum at Portsmouth who said that a diary such as his was very rare. The Diary is accessible to read at the Museum on request.
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