Derek Law Bibliography

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ADAMS, Robert. Signal Boy. xiv, 380p., illus. London: Serendipity, 2002. ISBN: 1843940132.

Memoirs of a full life. He joined up as a boy sailor in 1938 and after training at Ganges, joined Eagle in the Far East and stayed with her as she moved steadily west. In September 1940 he joined Gloucester in Alexandria. After six months he joined Hasty in February 1941 and served throughout the Crete campaign before transferring to Formidable., from which he swiftly moved first to Tank Landing Craft then back to the UK to join Howe. When she went to the Mediterranean, he was transferred to Le Fantasque. In December 1943 he was rated Yeoman, took a three month course then joined Indomitable and served with her in the Far East until war's end. Interesting but rather rose-tinted.