263757 Able Sea. Augustus Pollen DSM.Royal Navy HMS Spanker from:Bermondsey, South London My father Augustus Pollen was an able seamen rating aboard HMS Spanker, a minesweeper during the Second World War.
His ship was damaged twice to my knowledge, once on active duty, the cutters at the stern fouled, the mine exploded and my father and two of his shipmates were thrown overboard and immediately rescued.
My father sustained minor shrapnel injuries to his right lower arm. The second time the HMS Spanker was damaged was when the ship was berthing at a port in Malta.
Unfortunately this is the extent of my knowledge on this matter because my dad would never talk about the conflict.
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