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Ord.Sea. Raymond Arthur "Ron" Osborn
Royal Navy HMS Howe
from:Welwyn Garden City, Herts
Dad, Ron Osborn volunteered to join the Navy on achieving the age of 18 in September 1941 and was posted for basic training to HMS Collingwood.
On 18th of March 1942 he was posted to the shore establishment of HMS Spartiate at St Enochs in Glasgow. He is officially shown as joining ships company of HMS Howe on 1st June 1942, as part of the commissioning crew and remained with the Howe for the rest of the war until March 1946. Howe battle honours are Arctic 1942-43, Sicily 1943 and Okinawa 1945.