Chief Stoker Leslie Woon, HMS Jamaica
the contributor's father (Chief Stoker Leslie Woon) served aboard destroyer on Atlantic. He transferred to pick up HMS Broadwater from HMS Eclipse (originally an American destroyer) in 1940. It was torpedoed by U-101 in 1941 (Ernest Mungerson was Captain) - 84 crew survived the sinking and were...
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ftunivoxfordfig:oai:figshare.com:article/25933930 2024-06-23T07:54:04+00:00 Chief Stoker Leslie Woon, HMS Jamaica Their Finest Hour Project Team 2024-06-05T19:35:48Z https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25933930.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Chief_Stoker_Leslie_Woon_HMS_Jamaica/25933930 unknown doi:10.25446/oxford.25933930.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Chief_Stoker_Leslie_Woon_HMS_Jamaica/25933930 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 Armies Army Atlantic Britain British British Empire Canada Canadian Commonwealth D-Day Destroyer Empire Europe European France French Naval Navy North Africa North African Campaign North America North American Royal Russian Sea Sea Battle Ship UK US USA United Kingdom War Ship Warship Text Online resource 2024 ftunivoxfordfig https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25933930.v1 2024-06-05T23:35:49Z the contributor's father (Chief Stoker Leslie Woon) served aboard destroyer on Atlantic. He transferred to pick up HMS Broadwater from HMS Eclipse (originally an American destroyer) in 1940. It was torpedoed by U-101 in 1941 (Ernest Mungerson was Captain) - 84 crew survived the sinking and were taken to Iceland. After two weeks, the survivors were brought home and then joined HMS Jamaica. He served aboard HMS Jamaica on Russian Convoys. During Christmas 1942/43, Jamaica was called in to finish off the Scharnhorst with a salvo of torpedoes. He also assisted in the scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon. He later left HMS Jamaica and went to Canada. He travelled across Canada to join HMS Dodman Point and was brought back to Canada through Panama in 1944/45. He was then barracked at HMS Drake. Corporal Charles Champion, RASC: Dad's cousin was an Eighth (8th) Army veteran, who served in North Africa, was called up for Royal Armoured Corps. He came back to the UK for D-Day but was held back as an instructor. Text Iceland Research from University of Oxford Canada Dodman ENVELOPE(-65.764,-65.764,-65.977,-65.977) |
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the contributor's father (Chief Stoker Leslie Woon) served aboard destroyer on Atlantic. He transferred to pick up HMS Broadwater from HMS Eclipse (originally an American destroyer) in 1940. It was torpedoed by U-101 in 1941 (Ernest Mungerson was Captain) - 84 crew survived the sinking and were taken to Iceland. After two weeks, the survivors were brought home and then joined HMS Jamaica. He served aboard HMS Jamaica on Russian Convoys. During Christmas 1942/43, Jamaica was called in to finish off the Scharnhorst with a salvo of torpedoes. He also assisted in the scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon. He later left HMS Jamaica and went to Canada. He travelled across Canada to join HMS Dodman Point and was brought back to Canada through Panama in 1944/45. He was then barracked at HMS Drake. Corporal Charles Champion, RASC: Dad's cousin was an Eighth (8th) Army veteran, who served in North Africa, was called up for Royal Armoured Corps. He came back to the UK for D-Day but was held back as an instructor. |
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