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Convoy duty

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Civic Centre, Bedford
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Mr Buckle
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Plymouth to Gibraltar
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Royal Navy
Article ID: 
A2692073
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02 June 2004

I served looking after the merchant ships from Plymouth to Gibraltar. This was called convoy duty. The ship was called HMS Alysmer and I served 18 months on board.

After the war I also worked on an American aircraft carrier on Lease-Lend. We all thought it was the lap luxury, they had ice cream, a laundry service and bunk beds as apposed to hammocks.

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