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259862 Able Sea. John Tallant Royal Navy HMS Nelson from:Guildford My dad John Tallant, joined the battleship HMS Nelson in June 1943 aged 17 years and sailed to the Mediterranean for the Italian invasions. He remembers being on board on the 29th September 1943 when the dignitaries came aboard to sign the surrender of Italy including Generals Eisenhower and Alexander, Air Marshalls Tedder and Parks, Lord Got and General Badoglio from Italy. He was made AB and then torpedo man before going to Normandy on D-day plus 6. He was then drafted to Ceylon to join HMS Woolwich where he became leading seamen & cox'n of a launch. He passed for petty officer and returned with the ship in July 1946. He is now 93 years old. If anyone remembers him I would love to be in touch. 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.