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James William Lyons
Royal Navy H.M.S. Enchantress
from:Leeds
My father, Billy Lyons was a radio operator on H.M.S. Enchantress, out in the Pacific. We understand that it was he who sent the message around the Allied world that Japan had capitulated. He rarely said much about his experiences, but he liked to make light of the fact that he was scalded with rice pudding when the ship had a near miss!