501110 Stoker First Class Raymond Boulton Moss Navy HMS Ness Raymond Boulton Moss was a Stoker First Class during the final months of the European War joining his ship when it was on training exercises at Tober Moray when the establishment was Commanded by Admiral Stevenson - he joined to replace a Stoker who was taken ill with appendicitis. He also sailed on HMS Ness to the former Dutch East Indies under Lt Commander Hubert C Fox.
He is now 82 and remembers his mess-mates by their nicknames only - Chalky White - Bogie Knights - Haggis and Lofty.
Lt Commander Hubert Cornish Fox was captain of the ship from 20th October 1945 to end of March 1946 - he has written a book called 'Letters from Sea' - He lived at Langaford, Buckfast, Devon and died in 2000. Prior to Fox the skipper was Lt Commander Stevens
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