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Lead.Sea. Frederick James "Lofty" Parker
Royal Navy HMS Howe
from:Portsmouth
My Father Frederick Parker joined the Royal Navy aged 16 in 1916, served mostly on destroyers.Served during Spanish Civil war, Abyssinian campaign, due out 1939. Leaving HMS Hereward transferred to HMS Antelope, after she was damaged, to HMS Anthony. Wounded on Russian Convoys. Then on to HMS Howe. Served on Italian Landings, then on to Pacific with American fleet until end of war. Demobbed and worked at Whale Island.