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HMS Guillemot
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Those known to have sailed in HMS Guillemot during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Mills Walter George.
- Mills Walter George. Chief Yeoman of Signals. (d.5th Dec 2001)
- Monserrat Nicholas.
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Chief Yeoman of Signals. Walter George Mills HMS Hood (d.5th Dec 2001) My father, Walter Mills joined the Royal Navy at a very young age.
He served on a number of ships including HMS Hood before she was sunk.
He was on the HMS Guillemot escorting convoys on the Arctic runs to Archangel in Russia. The Guillemot was commanded by Nicholas Montserrat for a period when my father was aboard. It was his belief that he was mentioned in The Cruel Sea, Monserrat's best seller.
I hope this may be of some interest as the Navy was always his first love.
He died aged 90 years in December 2001 having been born in Plymouth on 11th of October 1911.
He was one of 11 children and his father was also in the navy from a very young age.
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Walter George Mills HMS Guillemot My father, Walter Mills was on HMS Guillemot and she was the last ship to leave the Mole saving a French unit during the Dunkirk Evacuation.
He joined the navy as a boy sailor and was on some of the bigger warships before joining HMS Guillemot on the Russian convoys to Archangel from Harwich.
He wrote and had published an article entitled "One Man's Memories" of his time during the war.
He served with the author, Nicholas Montserrat, who despite being a pacifist, captained the Guillemot for part of his service.
My father always felt that the small ships were not recognised for the work they did, because the big warships got all the attention.
He was promoted to Chief Yeoman of Signals, a very proud moment in his career as a sailor.
He travelled very widely around the world following in his father's footsteps. He was one of 11 children, 9 of whom survived to old age. Unusual in that day. His parents celebrated their Golden wedding anniversary with 8 of their children around them. It would have been 9 but one was living abroad at the time.
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