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Stkr. Frank Frances Brown
Royal Navy HMS Royal Sovereign
from:Norwich, Norfolk
My father's brother, Frank Brown, of Norwich, Norfolk was a fishmongers assistant at the start of World War 2.
He signed up to join the Royal Navy and was in class 107 at HMS Royal Arthur from 25th of February 1941 to 31st of March 1941 this is taken from his Royal Navy Record. On the photo he second from the right on the back row.
He then went to HMS Pembroke until 21st of July 1941.
He then served on HMS Royal Sovereign from 21st of July 1941 to 13th of December 1943 as a Stoker First Class, during his time with the ship it served in the Mediterranean as an escort ship. He also went to America where the HMS Royal Sovereign had a refit in Philadelphia, whilst being refitted the Ships Steering wheel was presented to the city as a token of appreciation of the hospitality shown to the officers and crew.
He then went back to HMS Pembroke for a while before going to HMS Braganza which is in the Royal Navy barracks in Bombay India 1st of May 1945 until 30th of November 1945. Finally he spent a week at HMS Sultan finishing with HMS Pembroke on 4 May 1946