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HMS Excellent
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Those known to have sailed in HMS Excellent during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Bull Hector. Able Sea.
- Carter Kenneth Victor. Able Sea.
- Hunt Claude Marriott. Able Sea.
- Mitchell Frank. Ldg.Photo(A)(Ty)
- Murray John Thomas. TA Leading Seaman
- Powis William Henry. Ldg.Sea.
- Rawlinson Walter. Able Sea.
- Rayment William Henry . PO. (d.29th July 1943)
- Schoots Dirk Antoon.
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Able Sea. Hector "Jack" Bull HMS Boscawen Jack Bull was my father and he served in the Royal Navy from 16th of April 1940 until 31st Dec 1945. His service record says he was on, HMS Collingwood, Victory, Dunluce Castle, Excellent and HMS Boscawen (Plucky), from Nov 1943 to Dec 1944. The Plucky (as he always called it) was in the first flotilla sweeping the English Channel prior to and during the D-Day landings, and he was still at sea when his first son was born on 15th of June.
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Able Sea. Claude Marriott Hunt HMS Canton  My Grandfather was Claude Hunt. He was born in Denver, Norfolk on 19th Jan 1915. He and one of his brothers relocated to Scunthorpe to secure work on the developing steelworks. He became a steel erector, which was a reserved occupation. However, after an argument with his charge hand his exemption papers were never submitted. Rather than the indignity of asking for the mistake to be rectified he joined the Royal Navy on 20th of February 1941.
His Service Records list the following:
- HMS Collingwood 20th February 1941 to 30th April 1941
- HMS Victory 1st May 1941 to 27th May 1941
- HMS Excellent 28th May to 23rd August 1941
- HMS Canton 24th August 1941 to 13th April 1944
- HMS Victory 14th April 1944 to 20th March 1945
- HMS Frobisher 21st March 1945 to 23rd October 1945
He was trained as a gunner, on 20mm Oerlikon cannons on HMS Canton which served as part of a battle group around Africa.
HMS Canton is reported as mistakenly firing upon a British submarine, HMS Thunderbolt thinking it was a U-Boat.
He also acted as the ships cobbler.
HMS Frobisher provided naval gun support to the D-Day Landings at Sword Beach and then acted as a depot ship for smaller vessels. In August 1944 she was damaged by long range torpedoes from German E Boats in Seine Bay.
He never spoke about this period of his life very much so I intend to research the activities of HMS Canton in more detail and also try to find out more about the attack on HMS Frobisher.
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Able Sea. Kenneth Victor Carter HMS Excellent My father, Kenneth Carter joined the Navy in 1942 and was released in 1946. He served on various ships, Victory, Orlando, Philoctetes, Excellent.
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Ldg.Sea. William Henry Powis HMS Activity The following were William Powis' naval service postings:
- 09/04/1940 Conscripted or Enlisted
- 17.04.1940 to 16.07.1940 Ordinary Seaman HMS Collingwood
- 17.07.1940 to 23.07.1940 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory
- 24.07.1940 to 17.02.1941 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory (HMS Impulsive)
- 18.02.1941 to 31.03.1941 Able Seaman HMS Victory (HMS Impulsive)
- 01.05.1941 to 30.06.1941 Able Seaman HMS Beaver II (HMS Impulsive)
- 01.07.1941 to 29.01.1942 Able Seaman HMS Tyne (HMS Impulsive)
- 30.01.1942 to 16.06.1942 Able Seaman HMS Victory
- 17.06.1942 to 28.09.1942 Able Seaman HMS Excellent
- 29.09.1942 to 07.09.1945 Able Seaman HMS Activity
- 08.07.1945 to 28.11.1945 Leading Seaman HMS Activity
- 28.11.1945 to 01.02.1946 Leading Seaman HMS Victory
- 02.02.1946 Released from Service - Class A
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Able Sea. Walter Rawlinson HMS Excellent Able Seaman Walter Rawlinson was on ship during the D-Day landings and served on her for eight months.
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TA Leading Seaman John Thomas "Spike" Murray Gunnery HMS Nelson My father John ( Spike ) Murray served on HMS Nelson from 1941-1944 as a gunner (16" forward turret). He was also a gunner HMS Excellent from 1944-45 as TA Petty Officer. After the war from 1945-47 he served on HMS Howe as a gunner (T Petty Officer) and he was on HMS Glasgow in Malta when he left the navy in 1953. If any one knew him or has any information on him I would love to hear from them as he passed away in 1992.
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Ldg.Photo(A)(Ty) Frank "Snaps" Mitchell
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Dirk Antoon Schoots HMS Royal Arthur My father, Dirk Antoon Schoots, was a war volunteer from Holland. In May/June 1945 he was at HMS Royal Arthur (Skegness), in June/October 1945 at HMS Glendower (Pwhelli) and in October/November 1945 at HMS Excellent (Portsmouth or Plymouth).
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