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Percy William White
Navy HMS Royal Arthur
from:Sherborne, Dorset
My grandfather, Percy William White (born in 1913 in Sherborne, Dorset), trained at HMS Royal Arthur at Skegness. Unfortunately he passed away before my sister and I were born, so I never got to hear any of his wartime memories. My mother and grandmother never spoke much about him as his death caused my mother (then only 16) to have a nervous breakdown. From the odd snippets of information we gathered from our mother and grandmother before their deaths, my sister and I believe Percy's death was suicide - possibly a result of Post Traumatic Stress?
I would be very grateful if anyone can provide me with any information about him, his training, or where he was stationed during WWII, as this could help my sister and I to get to know the grandfather we never met