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 t...
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ftunivoxfordfig:oai:figshare.com:article/25914280 2024-06-23T07:56:59+00:00 Joseph 'John' Cheal's Navy Letters - general narrative of service 12th June - 13th September 1944 Their Finest Hour Project Team 2024-06-05T18:00:44Z https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25914280.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Joseph_John_Cheal_s_Navy_Letters_-_general_narrative_of_service_12th_June_-_13th_September_1944/25914280 unknown doi:10.25446/oxford.25914280.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Joseph_John_Cheal_s_Navy_Letters_-_general_narrative_of_service_12th_June_-_13th_September_1944/25914280 CC BY 4.0 British history European history (excl. British classical Greek and Roman) International history Their Finest Hour World War Two Africa African America American Armed Forces Atlantic Britain British D-Day D-Day Landings Eastern Front Employment Europe European German Germany Health Healthcare Hospital Invasion Medic Medical Medical Services Medicine Military Naval Navy North Africa North African Campaign North America North American RN Red Army Royal Royal Navy Russia Russian Russians Sea Sea Battle Soviet Soviet Union Soviets Training Text Online resource 2024 ftunivoxfordfig https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25914280.v1 2024-06-05T23:35:49Z 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. Text Spitzbergen Research from University of Oxford Cheal ENVELOPE(-45.983,-45.983,-60.633,-60.633) Westminster ENVELOPE(169.367,169.367,-84.983,-84.983) |
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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. |
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