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posted on 2024-06-05, 16:39 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

Pat Tunley was 27 when he signed up to the war, served from 1943-45. Signed up in 1939. In the Navy (HMS Ganges). Got MBE. Went to Malta and Capri, Italy. Got torpedoed and injured in Italy. Served in South of France.

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1. Pat Tunley's documents and photos 2. Letters from sailor to his mother during World War II

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Pat Tunley

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Pat Tunley

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He was their grandfather

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Shared at RGS Worcester Perrins Hall, Worcestershire on 16 June 2023.

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92753 | WOR022

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