Interview with Neville Jones

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British writer served aboard HMS Laforey, 19th Destroyer Flotilla in GB coastal waters and Mediterranean, 12/1942-10/1943; served in Certificate Room, HMS Victory, Portsmouth, GB, 1943-1944; officer cadet trained at HMS King Alfred in Hove, GB, 1944; officer served as supply officer aboard HMS Speaker, 30th Aircraft Carrier Sqdn, British Pacific Fleet in Indian Ocean and Pacific, 1/1944-9/1945

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REEL 1 Background in Peterborough, GB, 1922-1939: family; awareness of political situation in Europe; employment as journalist. Aspects of period as journalist in Peterborough, GB, 9/1939-12/1941: joining Local Defence Volunteers, 6/1940; guard duties with 1st (City of Peterborough) Bn Northamptonshire Home Guard; reporting German Air Force bombing of Peterborough swimming pool, 9/1939; evacuees in family home. Aspects of enlistment and training as writer with Royal Navy in GB, 1942: background to volunteering for Royal Navy, 1941; call-up to HMS Royal Arthur, Skegness, 1/1942; drafting to writer's course at Highgate, London; preference for small ship service; role of naval writers. Recollections of operations as writer aboard HMS Laforey, 19th Destroyer Flotilla in GB coastal waters and Mediterranean, 1942-1943: duties aboard destroyer. REEL 2 Continues: joining ship at Southampton; reception on arrival; working up period; quality of writer's uniform; allocation to mess; loss of buoy jumper; sea conditions on route to North Africa, 12/1942; story of taking HMT Strathallan in tow; move to Bône Harbour, French Algeria; duties on Oerlikon 20mm Cannon; German Air Force raid on Bône, French Algeria, 9/1/1943; torpedo attack on ship by German Navy E-boats. REEL 3 Continues: spotting German Air Force aircraft off Bône, French Algeria, 3/1943; instance of being under fire from German Army Tiger tank off coast of Tunisia; sale of dead man's affects; capture of ships during Operation Retribution; discussion of photographs; ashore in Algiers, French Algeria; move to Malta; question of security risks on Malta; beer glasses in Valletta, Malta; presence of Very Important Persons (VIPs) on board during Operation Husky, the landings on Sicily, Italy, 7/1943; shore bombardment of Sicily, Italy, 7/1943; sinking of Italian Navy submarine Ascianghi off Sicily, Italy, 23/7/1943. REEL 4 Continues: damage to ship during landings at Salerno, Italy, 9/1943; landings; background to leaving ship in Malta, 10/1943 and fate of ship. Aspects of period as writer in Certificate Room, Royal Navy in Portsmouth GB, 1943-1944: descriptions of seaman's certificate; failure of officer selection board at HMNB Chatham; issue of kit on volunteering for Combined Operations at Selsey Bill; attending second officer selection board. Aspects of period as officer cadet at HMS King Alfred, Hove, GB, 1944: commissioning; role of Legal Branch; role as victualing officer; method of paying seamen. REEL 5 Continues: Recollections of operations as supply officer aboard HMS Speaker, 30th Aircraft Carrier, British Pacific Fleet in Indian Ocean and Pacific, 1/1944-9/1945: appointment to ship in Dundee, GB, 9/1944; characteristics of escort carrier; issue of rum ration; leave after hospitalisation, 9/1944; visit to Glamis Castle, GB; story of meeting member of Women's Royal Naval Service; voyage to GB to Ceylon, 12/1944-1/1945; memories of other officers in supply branch; role as air secretary; aircraft taking off and landing on flight deck; sings extract relating to A25 Form; role of aircraft handlers. REEL 6 Continues: voyage from GB through Mediterranean to Australia, 12/1944-1/1945; ashore in Australia; move to Manus Island, Admiralty Islands; description of British Pacific Fleet's Fleet Train; duration of periods at sea; removal of 840 Naval Air Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm to HMS Illustrious; celebrating Independence Day, 4/7/1945 and VJ Day, 15/8/1945; degree of awareness of atomic bomb; move to Tokyo Bay, Japan, 8/1945; taking former Allied prisoners of war on board; story of finding prisoner of war's brother; narrow miss from collision on leaving Tokyo Bay, Japan. REEL 7 Continues: amusing story of captain confusing crew member for prisoner of war; ashore at Nagasaki, Japan; painting ship on route to Sydney, Australia, 11/1945; presence of illusionist on board during voyage to Hong Kong; return to GB; disposal of rum overboard; paying off of ship and appointment to HMS Gosling, Risley, GB; background to formation of HMS Speaker Association.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Haslam, Nick (Recorder)
Jones, Neville (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2006-12-20
Dimensions: whole: Duration 210, Number Of Items 7
Catalogue number: 29689

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