| Entry Text: | CHURCHER, Colin. To Render Safe. [vii], 233p. Edinburgh: Pentland, 1999. ISBN: 1858216958.
An autobiography couched in the third person. He joined up in 1943 aged 17. After training he joined Myngs then completing in the Tyne, as a seaman. An Arctic convoy was followed by supporting carriers attacking Tirpitz and this routine continued until VE Day. As a fleet destroyer she was soon off to SEAC but saw no action although at the surrender of Singapore. Most of the book describes his postwar career in diving and bomb and mine disposal. |
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