Seaman James Halliday and HMS Esk
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 refused due to loyalty to his crew mates. Late 1939 was fairly routine, laying minefields and carrying out Escort duties, but 1940 was different. Jim was onboard Esk during the battle of Norway and operated off of Narvik alongside other Royal Navy ships including being with HMS Glowworm prior to he... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Text |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
| Schlagwörter: | 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 |
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| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28625351 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25923091.v1 |
