The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to the HMS Cossack Association. This story was submitted to the People’s War site by BBC Radio Merseyside’s People’s War team on behalf of the ...

Archive List > Books > I was There! Where? - The Naval Autobiography of Alec Kellaway This article, presented here in 8 chapters plus an introduction, is the naval autobiography of Alec Kellaway. Alec ...

A sign put up by the Germans to commemorate the raid of the Altmark to release 299 British prisoners has been donated to a museum 70 years after the incident. On February 16 1940, the crew of HMS ...

The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to the HMS Cossack Association AH-LIN was senior hand and tragically lost her life in the summer of 1948. On the morning the Flotilla was due to ...

I joined her in April 1940 and left in April 1941 On the 30th April 1940 I was told to get a medical - drop trousers and cough — then collect my belongings as I was drafted to HMS Cossack that was ...