he was one of thousands of west indians who volunteered. neil flanigan grew up injamaica. he joined the raf and sailed to britain to work in aircraft maintenance. people from the empire and the commonwealth died. many of my colleagues who volunteered to be aircrew died as rear gunners and as engineers during the war. we had no choice but to accept death as a part of the way of life. christian lambjoined the women s royal naval service. she worked in signals keeping track of north atlantic shipping convoys. she was plotting the progress of her fiance s ship when it was attacked by german u boats. i knew that they were in this, involved in this terrible battle. and i had thought, having just managed to catch hold of this man, i m now going to let him go. of course, it was terrible anxiety, but i couldn t possibly leave the scene. it was a matter of complete
what her majesty the queen meant to them. she grew to adulthood as her country fought for its life. a fight princess elizabeth inspired, in uniform and on the airwaves. we children at home are full of cheerfulness and courage. we are trying to do all we can to help our gallant sailors, soldiers and airmen. newsreel: in the broad expanse of the mid-atlantic, units of the british navy guard the ocean that is the most vital battle zone of the war. as allied convoys braved german u boats, princess elizabeth joined hundreds of thousands of young women in uniform like patricia owtram, a naval code breaker. she did exactly. what i would have expected her to do, and did volunteer, i and was active, and,
The whole crew is on your side. Men like Kessler, their time has passed. Shout Factory has revealed an official trailer for a WWII naval battle thriller