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Those known to have sailed in HMS Eagle during the Second World War 1939-1945. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
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Records of HMS Eagle from other sources.
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Want to know more about HMS Eagle? There are:7 items tagged HMS Eagle available in our Library
These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. |
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CPO. John Frederick Clayden HMS Indomitable John Clayden was my grandfather. He served as a shipwright from 1937 to 1946. I hope to find out much more if I can. His ships were, HMS Iron Duke, HMS Torquay, HMS Invincible, HMS Eagle
and HMS Indomitable.
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Able Sea. William Mullaney HMNB Portsmouth My dad, William Mullaney served two tours at HMNB Portsmouth, Oct-Dec 1940 and March-May 1942. In between times, he served on HMS Nile and HMS Orion and was involved in the action off Crete in 1942. His final posting was HMS Eagle, May-Aug 1942.
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Sea. Frank Collingwood HMS Eagle Frank Collingwood enlisted on 22nd of December 1942 and served until 9th of July 1946. He served on the following ships:
- HMS Raleigh - shore base, 1942-43
- HMS Drake
- HMS Eagle
- HMS Shah (formerly the USS Jamaica, which was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1943) 1943-45
- HMS Appledore - base and training ship in Devon, 1945–46
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Ronald Frank Hamblett HMS Eagle (d.11th August 1942) Searching for the history of my dear uncle who was on HMS Eagle when it was sunk on the 11th of August 1942
His name was Ronald Hamblett from West Bromwich, West Midlands.
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Ld/Tel. Donald Sabin HMS Vetch (d.4th February 1944) Leading Telegraphist Donald Sabin served on HMS Eagle from 1939 to 1941. Then we lose track of which ships he was on until he joined HMS Vetch in Alexandria in late 1943. He died of smallpox on 4th February 1944 and is buried in Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, Plot 1, Row D, Joint Grave 7. Can anyone fill in the gaps in his record of service please?
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Stkr2. Daniel Patrick Coyne HMS Eagle (d.11th Aug 1942) Daniel Coyne lost his life on HMS Eagle and is commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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Samuel William Clark HMS Eagle My grandad, Samuel Clark, joined the Navy in 1940. He trained at HMS Collingwood naval base and I have inherited a group photo taken at Collingwood.
Whilst serving on HMS Eagle (an aircraft carrier ship) in the Med, the ship was torpedoed by the German U-73 submarine and sank within 6 minutes. Sam dived off and managed to stay afloat until rescued (there were two rescue boats - British escort destroyer HMS Laforey and the tug HMS Jaunty - and they managed to rescue over 900 men. 158 men were lost at sea.) Grandad was one of the lucky ones that day. He used to love to tell how he was stranded at sea with sharks swimming around him for several hours!
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