Joseph 'John' Cheal's Navy Letters - general narrative of service 12th June - 13th September 1944
Joseph 'John' Cheal joined the Royal Navy 3rd march 1942.
3 months training in Glouchestershire and Portsmouth.
14th July became Leading Coder on HMS Argonaut - to Spitzbergen, N. Russia.
3rd November with invasion of North Africa.
2nd December torpedoed in the Atlantic and badly damaged to the US via Algiers, Gibraltar, Azores, Bermuda.
1943 - was in Philadelphia in April for repairs, went to Seattle in September with HMS Cato, a minesweeper. John came home in December to Edinburgh from Panama
1944 - HMS Attack at Portland Bill, April LCH317 D-day landings. 4th September John was wounded during the liberation of Antwerp and spent 3 months in hospital with multiple mortar shrapnel wounds in left arm, left leg and back of head.
1945 - John was at Naval Shore Stations - Communications Centres Wilhelmshaven, Buxtehude in Germany.
1946 - March, John was demobbed from the Royal Navy and returned to work at the National Westminster Bank.
History
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1. Joseph Cheal's Naval Active Service Postcard 2. Joseph Cheal's letters written between 12th June and 13th September 1944Person the story/items relate to
Joseph 'John' ChealPerson who shared the story/items
Frances ThompsonRelationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
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Shared at York Army Museum, York on 5 June 2023.Record ID
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