| Entry Text: | SANDERSON, Reginald. From Land to Sea. [ii], 315p. Swavesey: Silent Books, 1990. ISBN: 185183026X.
The autobiography is determinedly lyrical in its writing. He ran away to sea in the thirties. At the start of the war he was an AB in Southampton, then moved to Eskimo and the Norwegian Campaign where she was badly damaged. In late 1940 he rejoined the refitted and repaired Eskimo but soon moved to the converted merchantman Springbank in which he was sunk. In early 1942 he joined Gambia and a tour to Australia. After further training he joined Melbreak working in the Channel. In mid-1944 he joined Mauritius for the Normandy landings then was based at Scapa. In May 1945 he transferred to Atherstone at Trieste. He ended the war as a Petty Officer. |
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