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262038 AB. John George "Soapy" Hudson Royal Navy HMS Nyasaland from:Derby Jack Hudson After basic training at HMS Ganges and HMS Marlborough my dad, John Hudson, was posted to the USA in February 1944 to join a convoy escort Frigate, the Colony Class HMS Nyasaland. Construction seems to have been delayed, presumably by D-Day preparations, and the ship left Boston on 26th of September 1944 to spend 2 weeks working up in Bermuda, and then joined a convoy back to the UK. The Nyasland then spent the rest of the war on escort/support duty (Escort Group 23) around the West coast of the UK and was a frequent visitor to Londonderry. My dad met mum in Londonderry, so the experience was life changing. HMS Nyasaland was credited with 2 U-Boat sinkings, pretty good for a new ship. After the end of the war in Europe HMS Nyasaland was quickly decommissioned, but dad was sent to the far East in Sept 1945 and spent a year on HMS Bonaventure repatriating troops and prisoners in the far east from Hong Kong, Singapore, Ceylon, Japan back to Australia where they were shipped back to England or their homes. HMS Nyasaland working up in Bermuda Brum, Andy, Soapy, Charlie and a fellow crew member on the Bonaventure in Hong Kong 1946 Philip Hudson Add to this record.  Related Content: HMS Ganges Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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