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HMS Eaglet
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Those known to have sailed in HMS Eaglet during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Brown Robert Wilfred. A.B.
- Chick Robert Henry. Tel.
- Cronin Marian Honora.
- Dommett Walter Derek. Sig.
- Gleave Ernest Ronald. Sto.1
- Hall Albert Edward. Able Sea.
- McColgan John Haynes . Sea.
- Peacock Maurice. Able Sea.
- Peters Gwendoline Alice. Ldg.Wren.
- Poland Joseph Gerrard. A/Able Sea.
- Rosson William Robert. AB.
- Smith DSO. Humphrey Hugh. Vice.Adm. (d.27th Sep 1940)
- Stewart Edward. Stew.
- Swinnerton Geoffrey. Sig.
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Want to know more about HMS Eaglet? There are:-1 items tagged HMS Eaglet available in our Library
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A.B. Robert Wilfred "Buster" Brown HMS Wakeful Wilf Brown, Buster served in the Royal Navy from 1936 to 1948. He was on HMS Drake and HMS Wakeful when it sank on 29th of May 1940 at Dunkirk. He also served on HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Eaglet, HMS Dido, and LST 373.
Wilf was a Freeman of the City of Durham.
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A/Able Sea. Joseph Gerrard Poland HMS Eaglet According to his Royal Navy certificate of service, Joseph Poland served on the following during the war: HMS Raleigh; HMS Drake; HMS Eaglet; HMS Calliope; HMS Newfoundland; HMS St. Angelo; HMS Pembroke and HMS Nile.
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Sig. Walter Derek Dommett HMS Caledonia Walter Dommett served on the following ships:
- HMS Pembroke
- HMS Eaglet
- HMS President 3
- HMS Cormorant
- HMCS Stadacona
- HMS Stag
- HMS Canopus
- HMS Caledonia
- HMS Wellesley
- HMS Eland
- HMS Baldur
- HMS Saker
- SS Zamelek
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Marian Honora Cronin HMS Eaglet My Mum, Marion Cronin, served in the Royal Navy in WW2 and was at HMS Eaglet in 1942. She is still going strong at 96.
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AB. William Robert "Wigg" Rosson HMS Eaglet My father, William Rosson was on HMS Eaglet.
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Stew. Edward Stewart HMS Eaglet Our father Edward Stewart joined up 1941 and served on the vetch HMS Eaglet from 18th of December 1941 till 28th of February 1943. Then various ships the Cormorant, St Angelo, Excellent, Indefatigable before leaving the Royal Navy on 23rd of Aug 1947 and going on to spend the rest of his working life in the Merchant Navy. He died in 1995 aged 78.
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Sea. John Haynes McColgan HMS Europa Jack McColgan enlisted on the 5th of May 1941. He trained at HMS Ganges and served on HMS Europa, Eaglet, Miranda and Assegai.
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Able Sea. Albert Edward "Nobby" Hall HMS Eaglet My father Albert Hall served in the Royal Navy. To my shame I did not listen to enough about his stories serving on the Arctic convoys.
His standard response to any complaint of the cold was You don't know cold son unless you've been on the Russian convoys.
I only know of one shipmate of his who was John Dalton
At the moment my family and I are just embarking on tracing his activities during his service between March 1943 and August 1946,
My Dad died in 1985 and I would love to be able to locate anyone who remembers him and served along side him.
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Tel. Robert Henry Chick HMS Stonecrop Robert Chick seems to have spent almost his entire war (December 1940 to until discharged February 1946) on the Corvette HMS Stonecrop.
Only other ships mentioned in service record are:
Royal Arthur, Drake, Eaglet, Mercury, Mayina and Lanka which are all shore bases.
He started as a cadet in Merchant Navy 16/02/39 on SS Harberton.
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Ldg.Wren. Gwendoline Alice Peters HMS Glendower My mother, Gwen Peters, joined the WRNS on 6th November 1941 having originally applied to join in December 1940 but rejected as her teeth were in poor condition. She joined at HMS Pembroke and after 3 weeks was transferred to HMS Glendower as a writer (typist). She was promoted to Leading Wren on 31st May 1943 remaining at HMS Glendower until April 1944. She was then drafted to HMS Monck at Largs in Ayrshire. On 1st October 1944 she was drafted to HMS Eaglet where she worked in the Liver Building until she was re-drafted to HMS Nightjar (RNAS Inskip) until her discharge on 21st May 1946.
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Able Sea. Maurice Peacock HMS Victory I have been looking at documents belonging to my late father, Maurice Peacock, and his certificate of service shows the ships he served on - HMS Collingwood, Victory and Eaglet to name just a few. He has a few photos taken in the North Atlantic with the ship covered in thick ice but he never spoke much about his time served. He was only 18 when he joined and I would love to know more about his time in the Navy. He was discharged in May 1946.
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Vice.Adm. Humphrey Hugh Smith DSO. HMS Eaglet (d.27th Sep 1940) Vice Admiral (Commodore 2nd Class) Humphrey Smith was the Son of Hugh Colin and Constance Maria Josepha Smith (nee Adeane), husband of Jean Ellis Hugh Smith (nee Mackintosh) of Radnage, Buckinghamshire. He had also served in the 1914-1918 war. He was the author of "A Yellow Admiral Remembers" and "An Admiral Never Forgets".
He was aged 64 when his ship was sunk by a German U-Boat and his body washed ashore. He is buried in the Bunbeg Church of Ireland Cemetery in Co. Donegal, Ireland.
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Sig. Geoffrey Swinnerton HMS Eaglet I happened to stumble across this website during a search I conducted looking for information on my Great Grandfather's naval career during World War 2. In the group photo of Royal Arthur Class 101, sixth from the left standing in front of the concrete pillar, is my Great Grandfather Geoffrey Swinnerton. We have an old copy of this photograph at home! From Royal Arthur he was sent to HMS Eaglet in Liverpool where he appears to have been based when on dry land.
He worked on merchant ships during the war, sailing to the USA, however he spent much of his career sailing back and forth from Britain to Murmansk and Archangel in Russia as a member of the Arctic Convoys. He spent a great deal of time there and as a result developed respiratory problems, a consequence I imagine of the brutal weather conditions and the fact he spent time in the water at some point, which contributed to his death in 1967.
Other than this information I am yet to fill in the gaps.....
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