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248040 L.Tel. Thomas Jones Royal Navy HMS Express During WW2 my father, Thomas Jones was a leading telegrapher in the Royal Navy serving on HMS Express. He was involved in the evacuation at Dunkirk at the end of May 1940. On 31st of August 1940 HMS Express struck a mine and was badly damaged. My father was on board, he managed to swim through oil and the burning sea to a life raft. He was adrift for 3 days until eventually picked up by Germans. Many fellow sailors perished whilst on board the raft, he was quite sick as he had swallowed so much oil and he was suffering from exposure and lack of water. He was, thereafter, a prisoner of war and (according to his wartime log) in camps including Torun Podgorz, Bruss (Brusy) Sandbostel and later Westertimke (Marlag M) He had a difficult time in the camps but eventually in April 1945 was liberated and returned to the UK in May 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.