| Entry Text: | KENT, Ken. You Shouldn't Join If You Can't Take a Joke. [iv], 76p., illus. London: Avon, 1996. ISBN: 1860332439.
He joined up in 1935 as a Boy Seaman and in September 1939 was at Malta on Imogen which returned to the UK serving at Plymouth and Scapa until sunk in a collision in mid-1940. He then joined the new cruiser Phoebe and saw service in the Greek and Cretan evacuations. In August 1941 he was drafted to Griffin working with the Fleet and on the Spud Run to Tobruk. In mid-1942 he moved to Resolution and the Eastern Fleet. In May 1943 he returned to the UK on Gambia then undertook his Petty Officer training, then saw out the war at the Scapa base. A lightweight account. |
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