| Entry Text: | HUTSON, Richard. The Nine Lives of Ding Dong Bell: A Sea Story from the 1930s–50s. 150p., illus. Llanfaes: author, 1995. ISBN: 0952698803.
An autobiography lightly disguised as fiction. He grew up in the Merchant navy as a young officer and as a member of the RNR was called up in 1939. He spent time on the Northern Patrol, notably in Montclare, then moved to Victorious. Finally in 1944 he joined a new sloop as Navigator and served on her at D-Day and in the Bay of Bengal. Really a series of vignettes and tales he recalls in old age. |
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