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My First day in the Royal Navy – March 15th 1955

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

Kippers for Breakfast  Wednesday, the fifteenth of March 1955. I was on board the Belfast to Liverpool steamer, one of six new Royal Navy recruits en-route to HMS Ganges. Crossing the Irish Sea from Belfast had been unusually calm. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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