Centre for Maritime Historical Studies
Derek Law Bibliography
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PARKER, Johnny. A Smack at the Boche: The World War 2 Diary and Photographs of Leading Seaman Ronald Turner Aboard the British Cruiser HMS Hawkins 1939-1941. [6], 166p., illus. n.p.: author, 2016. ISBN: 9781520145297.
A member of the RNVR he was called up at the outbreak of war. He served on Hawkins in the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. This is a transcript of his illicit wartime diary, with linking material by the author, his nephew.
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Biography; Royal Navy Autobiographies & Biographies; Cruisers;
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