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CPO. Donald "Timber" Woodcock
Royal Navy HMS Scylla

My Uncle Don served on the Scylla for 2½ years until it was decommissioned. He was a Electrical Petty Officer and his nick name was Timber, short for Timber Dick (Woodcock). He had a mate named Hiscock and his nickname was Scratchen. His recollection is that the ship was not hit by a mine but a mine exploded underneath the ship causing it damage, but didn’t sink it. He remembers Winston Churchill visiting the ship and being told by the Captain not to urinate on deck when at the Arctic or not only the Captain will be telling him off but his partner when he gets home. (Frost bite I presume).

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