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HODGES, G. A. Of Mines and Men. ix, 94p., illus. [n.p.]: John Corrie, 1993. ISBN: 0952100401.

War memoirs of a George Medallist. He was posted to Vernon in 1939 and his gallantry in bomb disposal is described engagingly but modestly. In autumn 1942 he joined Abdiel as Torpedo Lieutenant and served until her sinking in Taranto Harbour in September 1943. After a series of brief appointments he had a staff appointment for D-Day, but by the end of the year had joined Apollo where he served until after VE-Day, then rejoining the staff of Vernon as a lecturer.

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