| Entry Text: | SEARLE, G. W. At Sea Level. 256p., illus. Lewes: Book Guild, 1994. ISBN: 0863328970.
Called up in 1939 he joined the AMC Forfar but within six months was selected for a commission. That autumn he joined the AMC Letitia but almost immediately transferred to Coastal Forces. He stood by HDML 1007 and took her to Egypt then Haifa and in 1942 took over ML 353 but quickly resumed command of HDML 1007. In mid-year he took over ML 355 which worked hard from Tobruk to the Dodecanese. In October he transferred to ML 349 and that December took over the 42nd ML Flotilla based in Beirut and operating in the Aegean. In March 1944 he returned to the UK where he took over ML 490 in time for D-Day. That autumn the flotilla moved to Grimsby then Ostend where he was present when a disastrous fire destroyed many craft. In June they went to the Baltic but soon returned to the UK to pay off. |
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