ShortFatBloke
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Does anybody know which ships Nicholas Monserrat served on in WWII? I gather that he was on HMS Campanula followed by HMS Guillemot and then HMS Shearwater, was he on any others?
Secondly, and I think it occurs in one of Monserrat's books, there is a story of the ship (?) having to call into Cork in southern Ireland during WWII with a man with appendicitis. Does this ring any bells?
The reason I am asking is that I remember being told by my father that this had happened to him (he joined the navy in '42 at the age of 17). He also encouraged me to read the Nicholas Monserrat books where I read (I think) the same story. I obviously put two and two together and assumed that he must have got the story from the book rather than vice versa and have spent the last 30 years believing my dad to be a walt of the highest order.
All this changed today when I got an email from my aunt (his younger sister) confirming the story and saying that she actually remembers her parents going via Dublin to Cork to see him.
There are two possibilities here - 1) This is a Wah! perpetrated by my insane family or 2) It actually did happen and I'm a cnut for thinking the worst of my old man.
I hope it's 2).
Thanks,
SFB
Secondly, and I think it occurs in one of Monserrat's books, there is a story of the ship (?) having to call into Cork in southern Ireland during WWII with a man with appendicitis. Does this ring any bells?
The reason I am asking is that I remember being told by my father that this had happened to him (he joined the navy in '42 at the age of 17). He also encouraged me to read the Nicholas Monserrat books where I read (I think) the same story. I obviously put two and two together and assumed that he must have got the story from the book rather than vice versa and have spent the last 30 years believing my dad to be a walt of the highest order.
All this changed today when I got an email from my aunt (his younger sister) confirming the story and saying that she actually remembers her parents going via Dublin to Cork to see him.
There are two possibilities here - 1) This is a Wah! perpetrated by my insane family or 2) It actually did happen and I'm a cnut for thinking the worst of my old man.
I hope it's 2).
Thanks,
SFB