| Entry Text: | IRONS, David. Preacher at Sea. 75p. Greenford: Con-Psy, 1998. ISBN: 1898680167.
An Exciseman, he was called up in 1940 and trained as a Telegraphist at Ganges, before joining Aurora in March 1941. He served with her in the Home Fleet and in the Mediterranean. At the end of the year he returned to the UK for officer training at King Alfred, followed by a posting to the minesweeping trawler Bern building in Hull, then based at Milford Haven. In late 1943 he moved to New York then Boston to stand by Tortola. She served mainly on the Gibraltar run. After VE Day he trained as a schoolmaster and served as such until demobbed. His growing Christian faith is the major theme of the book. |
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