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SAMUEL/SAMMY JONES C/JX204333
ABLE SEAMEN & 8th ARMY
Samuel was the eldest brother of the three. He was born on the 4th march 1920. His Naval career started in 1940, He served on various ships during his service, starting with HMS Raleigh based in Torpoint, Cornwall .
The training consisted of drill with arms, gunnery, naval procedure, naval jargon, navigation, Morse, Semaphore, sailing, knots and splicing, ship and watch procedure.
Then moving onto the ship "HMS Flamingo" which was a black swan-class Sloop on which he went on tour in the middle east, he then went on to Australia with the Navy & then on to serve with the 8th Army after the war.
HMS FLAMINGO
B a t t l e H o n o u r s
NORTH SEA 1939-40 - NORWAY 1940 - GREECE 1941 - CRETE 1941- LIBYA 1941 - BURMA 1944-45
BLACK SWAN-Class Sloop ordered from Yarrow's of Scotstoun, Glasgow and laid down on 26th May 1938 The ship was launched by Mrs Parden on 18th April 1939 and was the 2nd. RN ship to carry the name which was first used in 1876. Build was completed in November 1939 and after a successful WARSHIP WEEK National Savings campaign in March 1942 was adopted by the civil community of Runcorn, Cheshire
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8th ARMY
1 9 4 1
January Red Sea duties in continuation.
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March
April Transferred to Mediterranean Fleet at Alexandria for escort of convoys in Eastern
Mediterranean and support of military operations.
26th Assisted with evacuation of allied troops from Greece (Operation DEMON).
May Escorted convoys taking reinforcements to Crete.
28th Assisted in evacuation of troops from Crete and escort of convoys.
June
15th Joined Inshore Squadron with HM Sloops AUCKLAND and PARRAMATTA (RAN).
Deployed for defence convoys to Tobruk and carrying stores and personnel.
July Tobruk support in continuation and under air attacks during escort of convoys.
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December
7th Damaged in air attack whilst engaged in support of military at Tobruk.
Sustained significant structural damage aft and withdrawn from Squadron for repair.
15th Laid, up in Suez Roads awaiting repair and used as AA Guardship.
1 9 4 2
January AA Guardship duties no longer possible due to state of hull and lack of proper maintenance
to of structure.
December Repair arranged in HM Dockyard at Bombay.
1 9 4 3
January Waiting towage at Alexandria.
February
5th Passage under tow by tug AKBAR to Aden.
15th Passage under tow by STAR OF CAIRO to Bombay.
26th Paid-off and taken in hand for repair.
March Under repair
to 20mm Oerlikon guns fitted for improved close range AA defence.
December Surface warning radar equipment fitted.
(For details of development and use of radar in RN see RADAR AT SEA by D Howse)
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January
3rd Commissioned at Bombay for trials.
16th On completion of post refit trials joined Eastern Fleet for Indian Ocean escort duties.
February Convoy defence duties in Indian Ocean in continuation.
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May
June Joined 61st Escort Group based at Colombo.
Deployed on convoy escort and support of military operations in Burma.
July Convoy defence and support duty in continuation.
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November
17th Joined Force 64 for support of military operation to clear the enemy from Arakan,
22nd Remained with Eastern Fleet on formation of BPF.
December
13th Formed part of close support group with HM Indian Sloops JUMNA, NARBADA and
KISTNA bombardments of shore targets as required by 74th Brigade. HM Cruiser PHOEBE
provided fighter direction facilities (Operation ROMULUS)
22nd Carried cut A/S attack en Japanese submarine Ro113 off east coast of Ceylon.
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January Military support duties in continuation.
Based at Chittagong.
16th Part of Bombardment Force during landings by British 4th Brigade and Indian 71st Brigade in
northern part of Ramree Island (Operation MATADOR).
19th Deployed for bombardment duties with HMS PHOEBE, HM Destroyer RAPID and HM Sloop
KISTNA (RIN).
21st Took part in support bombardments during assault.
February
16th Supported landings by 53rd Brigade at Ryuwa, 45 miles south of Myebon, Arakan with
HM Indian Sloops NARBADA and JUMNA.
Final stage of Operation BLOCK.
(Note: The Sloops fired 9,750 rounds during support of military ashore).
March Deployed for support and patrol duties off Burma.
April Withdrawn from Eastern Fleet for refit prior to deployment in Pacific.
20th Took passage to UK.
May
13th Arrived in Liverpool and taken in hand for refit.
June Under refit
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July
August Refit work stopped after end of Pacific war.
Returned to Devonport.
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