Derek Law's Bibliography

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Entry Text: DAVIDSON, John. Between Decks: The World War II Memoirs of Lieutenant John Davidson, RNVR. vi, 107p., illus., index. Avonbridge: Newlees, 1996. ISBN: 1899826017.

He was called up in mid-1941 and after training joined Tynwald and stayed with her until her sinking in the Mediterranean in November 1942. He was then posted to a radar station in Fair Isle, Scotland. After a failed attempt to become a CW candidate he was posted to Scourge where he saw action on Russian convoys and at D-Day. He was eventually commissioned in mid-1945 and sailed for the Far East just as the war ended.