Interview with Cornelius Anthony Ryder Snelling

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British civilian member of 36th (6th Southern Railway) Battalion, County of London Home Guard at Waterloo Railway Station, London, GB, 1940-1942; seaman trained at HMS Ganges, Shotley in GB, 1942-1943; served aboard HMS Wild Goose, 2nd Escort Group in GB coastal waters, North Atlantic and Arctic, 3/1943-6/1944; served aboard HMS Tyler, 5th Escort Group in North Atlantic and Mediterranean, 7/1944-11/1945

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REEL 1 Background in Kingston on Thames, GB, 1923-1939: family; employment with Southern Railway; degree of awareness of situation in Europe during 1930s. Recollections of period as member of 36th (6th Southern Railway) Battalion, County of London Home Guard at Waterloo Station, London, GB, 1940-1942: joining Local Defence Volunteers (LDV), 6/1940; narrow escape from German Air Force bomb; location of office building in station; duties with Home Guard; problems with rats on station; commanding officer; drilling and patrolling; arms training; strongpoint near station; problems from German Air Force bombing of rail network; reasons for not using station shelters; provisions to deal with German Air Force incendiary bombs. REEL 2 Continues: Recollections of enlistment and training as seaman with HMS Ganges, Shotley, GB, 1942-1943: preference for naval service; journey to HMS Ganges at Shotley; issue of uniform; instructor; discipline problem faced as class leader; messing arrangements; background to becoming class leader and duties; swimming; drilling; pattern of training; work as captain's assistant; importance of boat work; punishments; climbing mast. REEL 3 Continues: recruits' unwillingness to climb to button of mast; gunnery training; use of seamanship manual; allocation to Chatham Division; allocation to Seaman Branch. Recollections of operations as seaman aboard HMS Wild Goose, 2nd Escort Group in GB coastal waters, North Atlantic and Arctic, 3/1943-6/1944: drafting to stand by ship in Glasgow; role as bosuns' mate; steering ship during ship building trials, 3/1944; move to Tobermory; ship's complement; training at Anti-Submarine Training School, Tobermory including reaction to trips in submarine; methods of detecting submarines; use of Asdic; near loss of buoy jumping crew. REEL 4 Continues: prior recollections of period as class leader at HMS Ganges, Shotley; description of HMS Wild Goose; character of mess; canteen messing arrangements; action station in shell room; joining 2nd Escort Group; impressions of Captain Frederic Walker; loss of sloop HMS Woodpecker, 27/2/1944; role of 2nd Escort Group; method of attacking German Navy submarines; role of Captain Frederic Walker in directing attacks on submarines; duration of patrols. REEL 5 Continues: description of sinking of six German submarines U-592, U-762, U-238, U-734, U-424 and U-653 during patrols in North Atlantic, 31/1/1944-15/3/1944; work in shell room; further details of sloop HMS Woodpecker; conditions on board ship at sea; protective clothing worn and appearance; leaving ship and attempt to join Fleet Air Arm, 1944. Recollections of period as seaman aboard HMS Tyler, 5th Escort Group in North Atlantic and Mediterranean 7/1944-11/1945: joining frigate; fate of Captain Frederic Walker; comparison between American and British constructed warships; duties on board; ashore in Naples, Italy; question of lack of suitability of American built Captain's Class for service in Arctic. REEL 6 Continues: Aspects of operations as seaman aboard HMS Wild Goose, 2nd Escort Group in Arctic, 3/1944-4/1944: nature of escort duties; conditions in Arctic; loss of sloop HMS Kite to German submarine U-344 near Bear Island, Norway, 21/8/1944. Return of HMS Tyler to United States of America and return to GB aboard HMT Queen Mary, 11/1945; attitude towards service with Royal Navy, 1942-1945.

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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)
McDonough, Richard (Recorder)
Snelling, Cornelius Anthony Ryder (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2015-04-23
Dimensions: whole: Duration 180, Number Of Items 6
Catalogue number: 33985

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