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227523 Ben Skeates Royal Navy HMS Enterprise I volunteered to join the Royal Navy as a boy tel in 1935. I did my training at HMS St Vincent, Gosport. I served on HMS Enterprise on Atlantic Patrol and at Narvik. I was accepted as a volunteer for submarine service in May 1940 and was invalided late 1949. I served on HMS Upright and HMS Utmost (Malta 41-43) and joined P311 and Cdr Cayley, but was hospitalised with post concussion and missed her sailing on her fatal patrol. I served on HMS Strategem but was taken ill with bilateral pleurisy in Trincomalee whilst alongside HMS Maidstone. Missed HMS Strategem on her fatal patrol. I was transferred to HMS Stygian at Perth and served on her for eight patrols and also when she towed Lt Fraser VC's XE3 into Singapore Roads and recovered her the following night. I transferred to HMS Maidstone and Hong Kong. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.