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257301 AB. Leonard Thomas Pardoe Royal Navy HMS Flycatcher from:Lye, Stourbridge, Worcs Len Pardoe born 6th of May 1924 was from Quarry Bank, Staffordshire, a Black Country lad. He joined the Navy in November 1942 serving on HMS Drake and because of the practice of filling the ranks with people from a wide range of areas, the first couple of weeks was spent trying to understand what the other ratings were saying, due to all the diverse accents. At the wars' end he was in Australia with Mobile Operational Naval Air Base, so didn't return home until late 1946, having circumnavigated the globe. He later became a newspaper cartoonist in Birmingham. 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.