Hello, my name is Penny. I am trying to find out some information about my dad Edward Stanley Ingleton known as Ted by his friends. I think he was in the merchant Navy when the war started. I know he was on the ship HMS Eastway as a petty officer and the ship’s plumber at some time in the war he was at D Day in the Eastway. I would like to know how to find out more about his Merchant Navy and war service but don’t know where to start. He was born 15/07/1920 and died in Feb 2001. He never really talked about the war (apart from singing his navy songs to us as kids). He had a bad knee which was caused by shrapnel but I don’t know how.
Any help on where to start would be greatly appreciated appreciated.
P.S I know he was on the Eastway as I happened to google his name years ago and a publication by Sidney Toone came up about the war and dads name and phot was in it.