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501655 CPO Frank Dines Navy HMS Sirius My dad, CPO Frank Dines, served on HMS Sirius for nearly all of her wartime service, I am trying to research his story and would be grateful to hear if anyone remembers him. He was with the ship when she escorted Operation Pedestal through the Med to Malta. I have his crossing the line certificate which is dated August 26 1942 in Longitude 8 degrees 51 minutes West and that he visited HMS Hannibal, the stone frigate at Algiers, and also Freetown in Sierra Leone and Simons Town in South Africa. On demob – he had passed his exams to become an officer but his employer wanted him back immediately after cessation of hostilities in Europe so he was never promoted – he was Naval Correspondent for the Portsmouth Evening News. In 1951, he was appointed Editor of the Northern Daily Mail in West Hartlepool and in 1965 he became Director of Training for Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers Ltd. 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.