My father Henry Bowdell S/N JX 275361 went to HMS Collingwood on
25th June to September 1941.
His service record is as follows:
Collingwood (Foretop Div) Ordinary Seaman from 25/06/1941 to 02/09/1941
Victory Ordinary Seaman 03/09/1941 to 30/09/1941
Canopus Ordinary Seaman 01/10/1941 23/05/1942
Lent to Sphinx 29/04/1942 to 03/05/1942
Hurworth Ordinary Seaman 24/05/1942 to 30/06/1942
Acting Able Seaman from 25/06/1942; Able Seaman from 25/06/1942
Revenge Able Seaman 01/07/1942 to 23/11/1943
Victory Able Seaman 24/11/1943 to 06/01/1944
Vernon Able Seaman 07/01/1944 to 23/03/1944
Victory Able Seaman 24/03/1944 to 29/11/1945
Lent to Admiralty 12/01/1945 to 12/01/1945
Harry Bowdell was released to shore in class A on 29th November 1945.