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A/Ldg.Sea. John Leggate
Royal Navy HMS Capetown
from:Strathaven
My uncle, John Leggate, served onboard the Capetown from Jan 1941 'till June 41. He had be moved from HMS Carthage to HMS Capetown. After the torpedo attack on HMS Capetown he was then posted on board the battleship HMS Rodney in Jan 9143 'till May 1945. By this time he was Petty Officer and finished as Commissioned Gunner in 1947 to 1954 having been in the Navy from 1938. He passed away in Greenock in 1982.

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