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Memories of a Royal Navy Family

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:14 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

My mother and father, Richard Maurice Pratchett, were married in 1937 and I was born in June 1938. My father was an industrial chemist and was working for a German chemical firm in England when the Second World War broke out. He joined the Royal Navy in 1940 as an able seaman.

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History

Item list and details

1. Photo of my mother, Anne, Jane Pratchett, 1937 2. Photo of Geraldine Pratchett (Hultkrantz), 1943

Person the story/items relate to

Anne; Jane Pratchett, Lt. R.M. Pratchett M.B.E and myself, Geraldine Pratchett Hultkrantz

Person who shared the story/items

Geraldine Pratchett Hultkrantz

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

They were my parents.

Type of submission

Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

Record ID

91880