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Pte. John Nursall Hughes
Army EFI ( NAAFI ) Royal Army Service Corps
from:Crosby, Liverpool
I am the son of the above man.
I believe that he was a Clerk working for the NAAFI in Liverpool prior to the outbreak of the war.
NAAFI needed staff to go overseas, so to enable them to be in uniform, they were asked to volunteer. They were attached to the Royal Army Service Corpsin an organisation called Expeditionary Forces Institute, EFI.
He was in France in 1940 and was evacuated through St. Nazaire on 17th June 1940. He told me that he was waiting on the quayside, awaiting embarkation. I believe that he was waiting on the quay when the Lancastria was sunk.
He was evacuated to Falmouth. and was married on 23rd June 1940
I would be interested in contacting other RASC/EFI families or St.Nazaire survivors.
Additionally, Our Family later new and lived close to James Dunbar O.B.E.
Chief Engineer of HMT Lancastria on 17 June 1940, and who I believe was awarded his OBE for his role that day.