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AB. Alwyn David Barwell
Royal Navy HMS Dinosaur
from:Barry Island
Our father, Al Barwell served on:
HMS Raleigh 30.12.1942 to 15.03.1943;
HMS Victory X 16.03.1943 to 04.04.1943;
HMS Dinosaur 05.04.1943 to 31.08.1943;
HMS Copra 01.09.1943 to 28.10.1943 as an Ordinary Seaman and as an Able Seaman 29.10.1943 to 31.10.1945;
HMS Victory 01.11 to 14.12.1945;
HMS Vernon (Vesuvius) 15.12.1945 to April 1946
HMS Victory 02.05.1946 to 27.06.1946
. He never spoke much about his time in the Royal Navy but did say he was involved in D Day landings. A fellow sailor and friend contacted my father and they were going to meet but my father died shortly before his friend did however very kindly attend our father's funeral. We have 4 of my father's medals.
Al died in August 2005