TheVonTrenses
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Hello everyone. I'm researching my father-in-law's military service for my wife and struggling to find out much definite information.
We know he joined the Royal Navy in the summer of 1949 instead of matriculating from grammar school (anything to get out of school, right?
), and we have a photo of him serving aboard the HMS Jutland, though we don't know the year but going by how youthful he looks it must have been in the 1950s. We -think- he also served aboard the HMS Belfast, and this would definitely tie-in with what we know about where he's served, as he completed his training in Hong Kong, where the HMS Belfast was stationed in 1959, and then saw action in the Korean War, which is something the Belfast was heavily involved in from what I can find out. Rick was also in Egypt at some point but we don't know when or on which vessel.
The only anecdote we know from his time with the Navy was that he has a partial tattoo from his time in Hong Kong, after Navy MPs interrupted the work as Rick (and presumably some crewmates) had strayed to close to the border with China and there were concerns about Navy personnel being grabbed.
If anyone can help me fill in the considerable blanks, or help direct my search, I'd be hugely grateful.
We know he joined the Royal Navy in the summer of 1949 instead of matriculating from grammar school (anything to get out of school, right?
The only anecdote we know from his time with the Navy was that he has a partial tattoo from his time in Hong Kong, after Navy MPs interrupted the work as Rick (and presumably some crewmates) had strayed to close to the border with China and there were concerns about Navy personnel being grabbed.
If anyone can help me fill in the considerable blanks, or help direct my search, I'd be hugely grateful.