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HMS Reading
On 26 November 1940 USS Bailey was decommissioned at Halifax Nova Scotia, and transferred in the destroyer land bases exchange to Great Britain, being renamed HMS Reading. She was commissioned 28 November 1940 for service with the 5th Town Flotilla and arrived at Plymouth, England, 17 December 1940. Between December 1940 and July 1941 she escorted convoys in the Atlantic, working out of Liverpool. In July 1941 she joined the Newfoundland Escort Group with which she remained until May 1942. Between May and October 1942 she underwent a yard overhaul, after which she served as a target ship for aircraft from the Air Station, Fearn, Scotland, and continued in this assignment until July 1945 when she was handed over to ship breakers at Rosyth.
She was decommissioned and sold for scrap on 24th of July 1945 at Inverkeithing.
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Those known to have sailed in HMS Reading during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Broadhurst Thomas A. V.. Sub Lt.
- Chester Arthur James. Able Sea. (d.4th May 1944)
- Greenaway Frank Stanley Horace. Cmdr.
- Wright Eric. LS
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Able Sea. Arthur James Chester HMS Reading (d.4th May 1944) Able Seaman Arthur Chester served with the Royal Navy during WW1 and was killed in action on the 4th May 1944 aged 20. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial in Plymouth.
Arthur was the son of John William and Violet May Chester of Chadderton, Lancashire.
At the time of Arthur's death HMS Reading was unarmed and used as a target ship for aircraft so the circumstances of his death are not clear.
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Sub Lt. Thomas A. V. Broadhurst HMS Forfar I have just read with interest, Mr Kerr`s report on the sinking of the H.M.S Forfar, in which he mentions my father Broadhurst. I then remembered that I had an old photo album of my father's in which there are many pictures, including some with Mr. Kerr, menus , boxing matches, band programmes recording some of the life on the Forfar. After the sinking of the Forfar, my father was reappointed to the H.M.S Reading. After leaving the Royal Navy he later became a founder member Of the British Sub Aqua Club.
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Cmdr. Frank Stanley Horace "Raffles" Greenaway HMS Kestrel Frank Greenaway was known as Raffles. Born 3rd of May 1915 in London and died 2002. Frank served in the Royal Navy during WW2.
This is his service history:
Frank was Executive Officer to Peter Ingledew when he became Commanding Officer of Cardiff Division at its inception in 1947, and was acting in command following Ingledew's health difficulties. He started up the newly formed South Wales Division RNVR (HMS Cambria) as Executive Officer and was in command of the motor minesweeper; HMS St David, divisional training ship; Commanding Officer for Divisional contingent & guard at the Coronation; Senior Reserve Commander, HM Coronation Review, Spithead; 1955 Senior Commander and Divisional Guard Commander at Royal Naval Reserve Forces Silver Jubilee Review, Horseguards Parade.
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