| Entry Text: | MESSER, H. J. Able Seaman RNVR. 128p., bibliog., illus. Braunton: Merlin, 1989. ISBN: 0863034756
He joined the London Division of the RNVR before the war and in September 1939 was sent to Curlew. Service on her forms the bulk of the book. After her sinking in Norwegian waters, he moved around barracks until he volunteered for Coastal Forces as a CW candidate on HMML 147. His career as an officer is covered in two pages. |
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