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Object description
Photocopy of an ms memoir (65pp) of his career in the Royal Navy commencing with his training in the boys training establishment HMS GANGES (1929); his service in the cruiser HMS BERWICK on the China Station (1930 – 1932) including descriptions of the sinking of the submarine HMS POSEIDON after a collision with a Chinese merchant ship and the escape of the crew using Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus (June 1931), the Yangtze River floods and the threat of piracy from Chinese warlords; his ASDIC training in the Anti-Submarine School HMS OSPREY at Portland (1932); in the Home Fleet destroyers HMS WESTCOTT and HMS FAME before returning to HMS OSPREY for further training; his service in the destroyer HMS DIAMOND on the China Station as a Leading Seaman during the Sino-Japanese War (1936 – 1939); as a Petty Officer in the destroyer HMS WALLACE (1939 - ?) escorting the North Sea Convoys with descriptions of detecting E-Boats and submarines and the defensive measures deployed against them, the escort of three Polish destroyers to Britain and a collision between HMS WALLACE and a merchant ship in thick fog and his rescue efforts for which he was awarded the British Empire Medal; training in HMS SEA HAWK; as a Chief Petty Officer in the cruiser HMS NIGERIA (1946 – 1951) on the South Atlantic Patrol during the Royal Tour of Africa and the dispute between Argentina and Chile over the Falkland Islands, during which Lynch was awarded the Albert Medal (later converted to the George Cross) for rescuing a man who had fallen overboard (28 February 1948); his final appointments in HMS BLACKCAP, RNAS Stretton (1951) and in the Reserve Fleet in HMS RAME HEAD until he was honourably discharged in September 1953 when he went on to work in the new Cadbury factory and in HM Custom and Excise until his retirement. The memoir is accompanied by photocopied articles relating to his rescue of the rating who fell overboard and the conversion of the Albert Medal to the George Cross and a photocopy of a newsletter from the Albert Medal Association (4pp, November 1971) also about the decision to convert the Albert and Edward Medals to the GC.
Content description
Photocopy of an ms memoir (65pp) of his career in the Royal Navy commencing with his training in the boys training establishment HMS GANGES (1929); his service in the cruiser HMS BERWICK on the China Station (1930 – 1932) including descriptions of the sinking of the submarine HMS POSEIDON after a collision with a Chinese merchant ship and the escape of the crew using Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus (June 1931), the Yangtze River floods and the threat of piracy from Chinese warlords; his ASDIC training in the Anti-Submarine School HMS OSPREY at Portland (1932); in the Home Fleet destroyers HMS WESTCOTT and HMS FAME before returning to HMS OSPREY for further training; his service in the destroyer HMS DIAMOND on the China Station as a Leading Seaman during the Sino-Japanese War (1936 – 1939); as a Petty Officer in the destroyer HMS WALLACE (1939 - ?) escorting the North Sea Convoys with descriptions of detecting E-Boats and submarines and the defensive measures deployed against them, the escort of three Polish destroyers to Britain and a collision between HMS WALLACE and a merchant ship in thick fog and his rescue efforts for which he was awarded the British Empire Medal; training in HMS SEA HAWK; as a Chief Petty Officer in the cruiser HMS NIGERIA (1946 – 1951) on the South Atlantic Patrol during the Royal Tour of Africa and the dispute between Argentina and Chile over the Falkland Islands, during which Lynch was awarded the Albert Medal (later converted to the George Cross) for rescuing a man who had fallen overboard (28 February 1948); his final appointments in HMS BLACKCAP, RNAS Stretton (1951) and in the Reserve Fleet in HMS RAME HEAD until he was honourably discharged in September 1953 when he went on to work in the new Cadbury factory and in HM Custom and Excise until his retirement. The memoir is accompanied by photocopied articles relating to his rescue of the rating who fell overboard and the conversion of the Albert Medal to the George Cross and a photocopy of a newsletter from the Albert Medal Association (4pp, November 1971) also about the decision to convert the Albert and Edward Medals to the GC.
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