259396 Frank Cecil Suter Royal Navy HMS Revenge My Grandfather Frank Suter was responsible for communicating the position of targets to the gunners.
Originally some years earlier he was assigned to HMS Hood, but fortunately orders were changed and he was enlisted on to HMS Revenge.
He was always known to me as Cecil, but he was officially Frank and his best mate was Tim who also sailed on HMS Revenge.
Grandad didn't talk much about the war, I think it was painful for him to recall the losses and the awful things that took place. He was a gentle man, but proud and strong. He talked or how the men would on occasion swim in the ocean for what ever reason, he with his eyes open and he believes the oil from ships and destruction caused his Glaucoma, which permanently blinded him from an early age.
Grandad survived the war, lived a good and honest life upon his retirement and died as a result of poor nursing care in a nursing home from septicaemia as a result of poor catheter care. He was in his nineties , but still had all his marbles. He was an incredible man.
A picture of HMS Revenge always hung above his bed.
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