| Entry Text: | TYLER, Alan. Cheerful and Contented. viii, 288p., illus. Lewes: Book Guild, 2000. ISBN: 1857764234.
Born in 1924 of a Jewish textile exporting family he chose a naval career and went to Dartmouth in 1937. He passed out in late 1941 and joined Ajax in the Mediterranean. After three months he transferred to Hasty and after a hectic three months went on to Revenge. Early in 1943 he returned to the UK on the AMC Ranchi having passed for Sublieutenant. After six months on courses he joined Norfolk at Scapa and took part in the sinking of the Scharnhorst. Thanks to action damage most of the crew transferred to Devonshire, again based at Scapa. At the beginning of 1945 he joined the Hunt Class Blackmore, which was to join the Eastern Fleet. An exciting postwar career is also described. |
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