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What does a young lad of the tender age of fifteen want from life? In 1935, the author signed up for the Royal Navy and left his home in Hull for HMS Ganges, a training ship for 'nozzers' near Harwich. A picnic it wasn't, and little did Ken Kent know what was in store for him when Hitler invaded Poland and plunged Europe into the turmoil of World War II. The author saw action against the Germans, the Italians and even the French, and sailed the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, as well as the cruel North Sea. He had the good luck to serve as a signalman on that indomitable warrior of the waves, HMS Warspite, and the bad luck to be on HMS Imogen when she was rammed and sunk off Norway by a sister ship, HMS Glasgow. But Ken was a survivor. This humorous and lively account of ten years in the Navy is a valuable record of everyday life in a service that has changed beyond belief. It is also a tribute to another survivor - HMS Warspite - never defeated in battle, and now at peace in Prussia Cove, Cornwall.
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You Shouldn't Join If You Can't Take a Joke
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(1996)
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ISBN 13: 9781860332432
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You Shouldn't Join If You Can't Take a Joke
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. Chanter, Vic (Photography) (illustrator). First Edition. 77 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. "This lively and informative memoir vividly evokes the author's service in the Royal Navy. It will be welcomed with equal enthusiasm by both former comrades and by succeeding generations who will learn from these pages something of the danger, excitement and sense of comaraderie experienced by Ken Kent and the many other matlows who so valiantly served their king and country." - from back cover. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page, otherwise unmarked with light wear and toning to periphery. Binding tight. A quality copy. Seller Inventory # 118c8510
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