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    watts b.jpgjohn Sutton age 12 Watts Naval school

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    Hello Sailor.!

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    Started young then John. we were 16 when we went to the Vindicatrix,. a four year start on us.

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    My father was a QM during the war mainly sailing with Ellerman's - here he is wearing white front and City Line cap (photo probably mid to late fifties): My Father's Story. The only give away as to whether he was RN or MN in the photo would be the cap tally.
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    What a wonderful story Hugh,
    You certainly must have been proud of him.
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    - here he is wearing white front
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    Never felt comfortable wearing those white fronts, always felt like there was something missing around the neck and shoulders.

    Can't remember if we had two or three at Inde, but it was usually a case of wear-one-wash-one, so if you got it wrong you had to dry one between your blankets overnight.
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    Thank you Brian - much appreciated.

    Don, if memory serves me correctly, RN issue was 3 white fronts although I usually had 5. I thought them quite smart myself.

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    Hello Sailor.!

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    Started young then John. we were 16 when we went to the Vindicatrix,. a four year start on us.

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    Thanks Hugh that settles that item
    i only join the sea cadets to get the trips away
    i had my sea training in the school of hard knocks and boy i shed a few tears but it never killed my love for the sea

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lou Barron View Post
    Thanks Hugh that settles that item
    i only join the sea cadets to get the trips away
    i had my sea training in the school of hard knocks and boy i shed a few tears but it never killed my love for the sea
    Lou, I think once you have been to sea not matter what as it takes you over and is something that never leaves you.
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