Uniform Photo, Naval, Help Requested.

[dragnet]

Can't work this one out. He was a Petty Officer in the Royal Navy.

[dragnet]

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[byterock]

Hmm you right very odd.

Could be a twin or close brother who was a Pongo but he is wearing a Navy beret

Not a combined opps badge or arm either??

any more deatil on what HMCS is in the class pic. We can get his Trage/Rating from that

[byterock]

The Ship is the HMS Seychelles a US PG on Lend~lease

Some-one else has the same pic

http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/ships/seychelles.html

[dragnet]

Thanks for the reply, i will have a better look in the morning to see if i can find a trade, here is a better shot of the class photo.....
p.s. the photo album are mostly Bermuda and 3 pages of America.

[byterock]

Ok he was a Sparks (Radio and Telegarphy) as oppose to signals and was a late war entry with the course well into the 200s

Bermuda makes perfect sense as he was most likly on the workup crew here is a list of her actions

here
http://www.naval-history.net/xDKEscorts15Fr-Colony.htm

so very late war

Perhaps he was in the Army to start then joined the Navy?