Pre 1941

Biographical Notes Joined February 1939 as a Boy from HMS Caledonia. In No 5 mess and became a torpedoman. Drafted in March 1941 as a Leading Seaman to HMS Latona. Survived…

Biographical Notes Killed in Plymouth during an air raid, 20th March 1941. Buried in rubble of Royal Hotel.

Ted Hitchins, back row, third from left, on deck in Freetown

 Biographical Notes Served June 1939 until April 1941, when he was transferred to a hospital ship in Freetown with pleurisy. Served on Northern patrol and in Caribbean.