| Entry Text: | BARBER, Philip. Some War. . . [v], 210p., illus. Much Wenlock: Shropshire Lad, 1998. ISBN: 0953358704.
He joined up in September 1939 and trained at Ganges. In 1940 he became a CW candidate and went to the US as one of the crew for the Town Class destroyer Chesterfield. After training at King Alfred, he joined the converted ferry Daffodil in June 1941, based at Loch Fyne in support of Combined Operations. In mid-1942 he joined LCT 6 as First Lieutenant and within weeks took command of LCT 356. After a spell in the training flotilla he took command of LCF 34 then trained for and took part in the invasion of Normandy off Sword beach. Later that year he took over LCG(G) 449 and in December sailed for the Far East and support of operations in Burma. A good tale. |
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