| Entry Text: | WALLER, Alan Lansley. Dawn Will Always Break (Ex Tenebris Lux): A Personal Story. 108p., illus. Lowestoft: author, 1997. ISBN: 0953159604.
Waller joined the Volunteer Reserve in London in March 1939 and was trained on President and Chrysanthemum in the Thames. Called up in September he trained as a signalman at Royal Arthur in Skegness then joined HMT Glen Heather at Milford Haven. In May 1940 he was selected for a commission and trained at King Alfred. He joined HMT Amethyst which was soon mined while sweeping, then acted as relief on the new corvette Primula before an appointment to HMT Tourmaline early in 1941. She was sunk by a Stuka attack and he joined HMT Lady Shirley to be based at Gibraltar where an eventful period saw the sinking of U 111. He then had a shore job on the signals staff at Gibraltar and returned to the UK in mid-1943, followed by appointment to HMT Southern Pride based at Freetown. In June 1944 she ran aground and sank off Liberia. He then moved to LST(2)2 as Navigator and was sailing for the Far East as the war ended. An informative but rather self-righteous tale. |
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