Hi,
I am after some assistance in tracing my Great uncle's service in the Royal Engineers and his subsequent convalescence. It is only by accident that I found he had served in the Army prior to joining the Merchant Navy.
His name was Victor James Mellett (b. 1906) and from my research I found in a local newspaper article that he joined the Royal Engineers in 1939 and was wounded during the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940. He was discharged on 11 Nov 1941. Unfortunately, that is all I can find.
Following his discharge he joined the Merchant Navy as a carpenter and was involved in the infamous Russian convoy PQ17 on the SS River Afton.
Any help would be gratefully received.
