Derek Law Bibliography

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CHARLEWOOD, Geoff. Troopship Memories: A Dip in the Ocean. [viii], 126p., illus. Ringwood: Navigator, 1996. ISBN: 0902830627.

Charlewood joined the London agents of the British India Company just before war broke out. In 1941 he went to sea as an assistant purser on the ss Matiana bound for Calcutta. An Atlantic trip followed then Sydney via Panama and on to Calcutta where he joined the trooper Neuralia in January 1942. After a spell trooping in the Indian Ocean Neuralia moved to the Mediterranean and took part in various landings. In 1944 she returned to the UK for D–Day. After a brief spell ashore he went on the ss Pundua to Ceylon, now in the RNVR as a supply officer. An engaging if very personal little tale.