British Pacific Fleet (WW2)

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Member Since: March 2011 Posts: 17,432 Send Message	JoyLouise	Report	5 May 2015 00:52
	If anyone is interested I have a colourful certificate left by my Dad headed the First Ship of the British Pacific Fleet to enter the South China Sea after the fall of Singapore 20.05.1845. which seems to show the HMS Usk issued it on 01.04.1845.20.05.1945. The cert is not in good condition and has been sellotaped in a few places but the other ships mentioned around the right-hand side are the Berry, Leith, Sherwood and Warspite (which I know Dad served on). Down the LH side and one spot on the right are mentioned Chatham, Sheerness, Falmouth, GibrLtar, Alexandria, Port Said, Port Tewick, Aden, Colombo, Fremantle, Sydney, Manus, Leyte, Subic Bay, Port Darwin, Eniwetok, Hong Kong, Brunei Bay. Best of all, on the reverse side Dad hS collected the following signatures: (some hard to read but here goes) W E Park ? PO Jack Yasty Bill Cottingham QM 1/e. USAR Frank J Rak ?? 2/c. USM Edward Alfred Newman PO QR2 BEM Kenneth Boulton Abdul El Kebir El Emir El Bahr A M Mealing OM Lawrence S Woods PO Tel