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Those known to have sailed in HMS Furious during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Beardsley DSM James. LAC (d.30th July 1941)
- Burke Edmund Seymour. SLt (d.30th July 1941)
- Moran Ronald.
- Reeves Reginald Leonard. PO.
- Turner MID. Terence Arthur James.
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PO. Reginald Leonard Reeves HMS Furious My late father served in the Royal Navy from 1933-48. Pre-war, he served aboard HMS Carlisle and HMS Apollo. From 1938 to 1942, he was aboard HMS Rodney which took part in the hunt for the Bismarck. He then transferred to the escort carrier HMS Furious, where he was a torpedo gunner's mate, and saw service in the Mediterranean and Arctic theatres. Following the withdrawal of HMS Furious from service in late 1944, he was an instructor at various Royal Navy stations until his demobilisation in 1948.
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Terence Arthur James "Ted" Turner MID. HMS Furious Ted Turner joined The Royal Navy on 14th of February stationed in Devonport at HMS St George, which was a land based training school. He was aged 15 at the time. He then went onto HMS Drake, which was also a shore based barracks based in Devonport, where sailors undertook training prior to being posted to sea.
Within two weeks of joining he was Mentioned in Dispatches on 4th March 1940 and awarded the Oak Leaf Clasp.
He left to join HMS Furious on 12th of April 1941.
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SLt Edmund Seymour Burke H.M.S. Furious F.A.A. 800 Sqdn (d.30th July 1941) Sub-Lieutenant Burke was the Son of Edmund and Sylvia Burke.
He was 24 when his plane crashed and is buried in the Vaida Bay Military Cemetery in Russia
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LAC James Beardsley DSM HMS Furious F.A.A. 800 Sqdn (d.30th July 1941) Leading Airman Beardsley was the Son of James and Kate Beardsley.
He was 22 when his plane crashed and he is buried in the Vaida Bay Military Cemetery in Russia.
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Ronald Moran HMS Furious As of 29th May 2016 Ron Moran is still with us. He is now 96 years young and of a sound mind. He has very fond memories of HMS Furious 1939 to 1942. He particularly remembers going into Philadelphia for refit November 1941 through to April 1942. While there he had the pleasure of staying at the Waldorf Astoria in New York as the guest of the then current manager. Any one with information about any of this please get in touch.
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