| Entry Text: | RADFORD, George. Captain Radford's Diary. vi, 105p., illus. Droitwich: Grant Books, 1992. ISBN: 090718619X.
He went to sea with the British Tanker Company in 1929. In May 1939 he began his RNR long training. He soon joined Revenge in time for her gold carrying trip to Halifax. After sick leave he joined White Bear working with the 2nd Submarine Flotilla on training duties in Scotland, latterly as her CO. In January 1942 he joined Wanderer for a short spell of training and was then posted to Aubretia as First Lieutenant. She was based at Freetown, where he contracted malaria. After treatment and a spell in a shore post in the UK, he took command of Genista in mid-1944 at Aden. She worked between Kilindini and Aden until the end of the war when he sailed her back to Chatham and the Reserve Fleet. His postwar career in the Merchant Navy is also described. Rather thin and in a limited edition of 500 copies. |
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