Seaman James Halliday and HMS Esk

• Main Author: Their Finest Hour Project Team
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: British history; European history (excl. British; classical Greek and Roman); International history; Their Finest Hour; World War Two; Air Force; Air Raid; Armed Forces; Armies; Army; Atlantic; Battle; Battle of Dunkirk; Battle of Europe; Battle of France; Battle of the Atlantic; Bomb; Bombed; Bombing; Bombing raids; Bombs; Britain; British; British Army; British Empire; Child; Children; Civilian; Civilians; Colonial; Commonwealth; Destroyer; Dunkerque; Dunkirk; Dutch; Empire; Empire/Commonwealth; Europe; European; Evacuation; Evacuee; France; French; French Army; German; German Air Force; Germany; Holland; Home Front; Halliday; Narvik; Norway; The Soldier
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25923091.v1; https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Seaman_James_Halliday_and_HMS_Esk/25923091

James (Jim) Halliday was a coal miner from Dalmellington in Ayrshire when he signed up for the Navy at age 20. After training he served aboard HMS Esk (pennant H15), a fast minelayer Destroyer. During his service on Esk, he was offered the chance to leave the navy and return to coal mining, an offer...