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255593 Cox. Basil Peter Valaris HMS Snapdragon Basil Valaris was my father. He was seconded to the Snapdragon from the Greek Navy which he joined at the start of the war whilst living in Alexandria, Egypt. He told the story of throwing the cook overboard once because the cook insisted on making soup when they were in rough waters. He was amazed that the entire ship would come to a virtual standstill when it was tea-time. He operated the ack-ack and was told to leave everything and come in for tea. Although he was Greek he loved the British and after the war became a British Citizen when he moved to his uncle's coffee farm in Tanzania. 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.