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REV. WILLIE DRISCOLL.. Rev. Willie Driscoll, my
mother's uncle, was the RC Chaplain on the Prince of Wales at the time
of the Churchill / Roosevelt meeting at Placentia Bay. I have a picture
of the ship's company taken on board with Churchill and Roosevelt. If
anyone has any stories about Willie Driscoll, I should be pleased to
hear from them. Contact
Here
ANDREW THOMAS BEAL.. My uncle Andrew Thomas Beal was a
Petty Officer Stoker at the time of the sinking and sadly did not
survive. All my relatives from whom I might have gleaned any
information have now all passed on but I would very much like to know
more about this man. Please can anyone out there recall him or
does anyone have any relevant information for me? Dianne
Baird. Contact
Here
ROBERT CARTER.. I served as an ord.sea on the Prince of
Wales from Feb 1941 to Aug 1941 to secure 6 months seatime prior to
achieving a commission. I was in 'A' turret magazine during the
Bismarck battle and went to Placentia Bay in Newfoundland when Churchill
met Roosevelt. I with John Binch, another candidate, rowed
Churchill ashore to stretch his legs. I served as a Lieut. RNVR
for three years on HMS Verdun doing East Coast convoys. Mentioned
in despatches 1944. Then did a staff course at RN Staff College,
Greenwich. Demobilised 1946. Am now 89 years old. Contact
Here
WILLIAM (BILL) WOOD.. My uncle William (Bill) Wood from
Doncaster served on the HMS Prince of Wales and was killed when it was
sunk. Love to hear from anyone who could point me in the direction
to find anything more about him etc etc. contact
here
HENRY JAMES COLES.... My
father was a survivor of the Prince of Wales and was mentioned in a
Penguin book published about the "Repulse" and the
"Prince of Wales".
His name was Petty Office
Henry James Coles.
When the ship went down he
managed to get ashore and then boarded an Australian ship which I can
find the name. It is in his naval papers. He was then lent
to then Royal Australian Navy for two years after which he returned to
England.
He has since passed away
but there is a lot of missing information of the time he spent in
Australia. I wondered if you could give me any help regarding this
issue.
I do have all of the
information of where he was stationed in Australia but information is
some times limited.
Patricia Coles
contact here
GEORGE WILLIAM REED... My father, George William Reed,
"Blood" Reed the GI! served in teh POW during her maiden
commission, leaving before she went East. Anyone who remebers him, pease
contact me on www.reednitram@aol.com.
Hello,
I have attached some photos of sailors taken at my Grandparents
home in Columbo, Ceylon during WW11, apparently some of them
were killed on the HMS Prince of Wales.
Regards
Shayne
05 March 2003
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BERNARD McDERMOTT.. My granddad was a stoker on the Prince of
Wales does anybody out there know anything about him? Contact me at Mjsmudger@aol.com
RONALD HOLT.. My dad served on either HMS Prince of Wales or HMS
Repulse as a stoker during the war. His nickname was Tiny Tim and he
came from Oldham in Lancashire. He went to India, Singapore and
Australia where he was hurt in a bar fight with the MPs! If anyone has
information please contact me at derek.holt1@ntlworld.com
SEAMAN GEORGE HERBERT
WILSON... My Father served on HMS Prince of Wales for
her entire albeit short career. he was a member of the Gun Crew -
Secondary armament - The smaller twin turrets. Aged approx 17 at the
time, now living in Queensland Australia. We would be
interested to hear from other crew of HMS Prince Of Wales or
families. Don Wilson
email. dwbr22387@blueyonder.co.uk
CHARLES WEBB: My Grandfather served on HMS Prince of Wales, he
survived the sinking and came back to Britain, but sadly he died before
I was born. I am very interested to hear form anyone who may have known
him on board or may have crew photos. please contact Lee Goodman at Lee@goodman2007.fsnet.co.uk
