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263303 CPO. John Philip Didcock Royal Navy HMS Manchester from:Spencers Wood, Berkshire Dad, John Didcock never spoke of his naval service and regrettably we did not enquire. He did tell us that when his ship was scuttled in August 1942 after being torpedoed near the coast of Tunisia, he swam ashore with other crew members, he was a very strong swimmer. Having then been captured, the only thing he mentioned about the POW camp was that when they arrived there, there were lots of dogs about, but by the time they were released there were none Aboard ship, dad had been a cook in the officers' mess. We do not know the truth of this. 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.