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Bill Beresford - Able Seaman in WW2 on Destroyer HMS Boreas
« on: Friday 04 April 08 13:29 BST (UK) »
Hello,
My mother is trying to find anything about what happened to Able Seaman Bill Beresford who was serving on the Boreas when she was attacked in Dover harbour about 1940.
My mother 'went out' with Bill for a while and she recalls that he came from Yorkshire.
Bill was badly injured when the Boreas was attacked and was in hospital for a while at Dover.
Any information about the HMS Boreas (I believe it may have been a destroyer) or about Bill would be really appreciated.
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Re: Bill Beresford - Able Seaman in WW2 on HMS Aurora
« Reply #1 on: Friday 04 April 08 21:18 BST (UK) »
Hi
I can't help with Bill, but put  HMS Aurora in a search engine and you'll find lots of info.

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Re: Bill Beresford - Able Seaman in WW2 on HMS Boreas
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 05 April 08 14:37 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for your replies so far.
It now seems Bill was serving on the Destroyer HMS Boreas when it was attacked in 1940. Also he was something to do with communications. Possibly a Radio officer?
So we are making progress on his ship.
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