John Francis Elton Watkins

John Francis Elton Watkins Served in the Royal navy from 1940- 1949. Born 20/09/1918 1939. Educated at University of Aberstwyth, Wales. 1940. Joined Royal navy as a Ordinary seaman. 1941. (January) Commissioned to Sub Lieutenant. Royal Naval reserve. 1943. Promoted to Lieutenant. 1946. Demobilised. 1949. Rejoined and graduated B.Sc (Agric) June 1952. War Duties: Gunnery [...]

Written on December 25, 2010 | Posted in Odds & Sods | No comment

Liberation of Denmark

I joined HMS Devonshire, a County-class cruiser in the Home Fleet, on 16 September 1944. For
the next nine months we operated out of Scapa Flow, the naval base in the Orkneys north of
Scotland which had been home to Jellicoe’s Grand Fleet during World War I and harboured the
main units of the Home Fleet throughout the second conflict.

Written on December 22, 2010 | Posted in Your Stories | 1 comment

Brian Hanrahan

Brian Hanrahan, who died on December 20 aged 61, was a long-serving and much-respected foreign correspondent for the BBC and became a familiar face to television viewers during the Falklands war in 1982.

Written on December 20, 2010 | Posted in My Falklands War | No comment

Tribute to the Chef’s

Royal,Navy,cooks,chefs,babys,heads,food,slang,raft

Written on December 16, 2010 | Posted in Odds & Sods | 2 comments

Sailor

Here you can view some mighty sailors…the Good, Bad & Ugly. Happy times and not so happy times. We lived in messes the size of broom cupboards and  some ships that were well past their sale by date. BUT we put up with it and done our jobs!  And That IS a Sailor.

Written on December 8, 2010 | Posted in Videos | No comment