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Able Sea Samuel Ekin
Royal Navy HMS Diadem
from:Coventry
On his military papers, Samuel Ekin served on board:
HMS Glendower 01.09.1941 to 07.11.1941
HMS Wellesley 08.11.1941 to 05.12.1941
HMS President III 06.12.1941 to 04.05.1945
HMS Victory 05.07.1945 to 19.10.1945 and
HMS Diadem 20.10.1945 to 06.04.1946. He was on the guns and was torpedoed 3 times and twice on St Patrick’s day.
He died aged 80 and never talked very much about his service.