208955 PO. Fred Edwards Royal Navy HMS Nelson Fred Edwards was born in 1920 to a family of 11, 5 sons and 6 daughters .
When he was 12 (1932) his mum became a victim of cancer. At the age of 17 in 1937 he joined the Navy. In 1939 World War 2 started. During his years in the Navy whilst at war, Fred survived the sinking of 3 of his ships, by enemy bombings. Fred had many roles in the Navy, but by far his most important was as a diver, where he would dismantle bombs underwater, rescue people and repair sinking boats. Fred ran marathons up until he died at the age of 90.
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