| Entry Text: | WILSON, Maurice E. A War-Time Diversion. 188p., illus. Redcar: [author], [c.1977].
Wilson was a local tradesman when war began. He quickly volunteered and trained for the Controlled Mine Watch Service. After a period of service on the Clyde, in January 1942 he sailed for Mauritius. This was idyllic if boring and, late in 1943, he was shuffled round the Indian Ocean, ending up in Colombo. In April 1944 they were drafted home and spent the last part of the war surveying and clearing ports. |
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