tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post5520880085755386106..comments2024-03-20T16:05:23.293+00:00Comments on The Cynical Tendency: RemembranceDemetriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-36807842484602140702014-06-06T14:42:23.132+01:002014-06-06T14:42:23.132+01:00Thank you for mentioning HMS Boadicea again, which...Thank you for mentioning HMS Boadicea again, which my Dad was on. Have spent past 5 years in exhaustive research. It seems likely he was one of the very few survivors - an American boat stopped and picked them up - and then they were put on an English ship. He never spoke of the Atlantic and Russian Convoy escort he was on, and little else of the War. So many of my family were involved in WW2, and so many good people died. We should all remember them. My grandchildren know so little apart from what we have told them. History is not strong in state schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-10354364217757814822014-06-05T18:54:35.888+01:002014-06-05T18:54:35.888+01:00My father was RN and his best friend was killed on...My father was RN and his best friend was killed on HMS Wakeful during Operation Dynamo. He and my father were waiting in line to be assigned to a ship and Dad's friend was the last man sent to HMS Wakeful. <br /><br />Purely by chance Dad boarded another ship. Luck of the draw. A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com