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PO. Richard Rothwell Smith
Royal Navy HMS Cairo
from:Portsmouth
Dad, Richard Smith joined the Royal Navy at HMS St Vincent in 1935 at the age of 15 and a half, he served for 15 years. He was a PTI.
His ships were: HMS Ramilies, HMS Iron Duke, HMS Hood, HMS London, HMS Coventry, HMS Cairo, HMS Montclare and HMS Glasgow. He was on HMS Cairo at the time she was torpedoed while on Operation Pedestal He died in 1996.

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