Add Information to Record of a Person who served during the Second World War on The Wartime Memories Project Website

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Mid seaman William John Parnell

Royal Navy

from:St Agnes, Cornwall

My father served in the Royal Navy during WW2 on quite a few different ships listed below:

  • Raleigh Mid sea - 10 March 43 - 18 May 43
  • Drake Mid sea - 19 May 43 - 2 June 43
  • St Christofer Mid sea - 3 June 43 -8 July 43
  • Hornet? Mid sea - 9 July 43 -23 July 43
  • Aggresive Mid sea - 24 July 43 - 27 July 43
  • Aggresive Mid sea -28 July 43 -30 Nov 43
  • Wasp (M^203) Mid sea - 1 Dec 43 - 9 March 44
  • Wasp A/AB - 10 March 44 - 30 Sept. 44 AFO 5250/42
  • Brake 1v (ML203) - 1 Oct.44 =31 Dec. 44
  • Beaver 11 (ML203) - 1 Jan. 45 - 31 Jan 45
  • Beehive -1 Feb 45 - 2 April 45
  • Drake - 5 April 45 - 4 June 45
  • Cabbala 5 June 45 - 12 July 45
  • Cabbala 13 July 45 - 9 Sep. 46 released in Class A



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