| Entry Text: | GRIFFITHS, William. My Darling Children: War from the Lower Deck. [vi], 165p. London: Cooper, 1992. ISBN: 085052332X.
A fictionalised autobiography. After training he joined a Tribal and saw service in the Mediterranean at Matapan and Crete, where he was sunk. He joined a damaged cruiser for a US refit then moved to a Town Class destroyer. A brisk Atlantic war was followed by transfer to an LST and the Mediterranean landings. In summer 1944 he moved to a Castle Class corvette in the Arctic, and after her sinking joined a Loch Class Frigate sent to the Far East. |
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