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Title: Trawlermen/minesweepers WWII
Post by: mylines on Tuesday 15 February 11 15:38 GMT (UK)
Lowestoft WWII.  Apparently trawlers were converted to minesweepers.  Can anyone help me find a Herbert Ward (born 1904) who was apparently a fisherman and went into the Merchant Navy on minesweepers.  He somehow fell down a companionway and ended up in a wheelchair.  He lived around Halesworth area in 1911 census.  Thanks for any help anyone an give.