Personal Stories

© RN Communications Branch Museum/Library



The following are books (autobiographies etc), stories of Veteran Communicators, videos/film clips made by or starring veteran Communicators, copies of which are held in the Museum Library.



Joining HMS Mercury 1957. Video made by Jim Scaife during his time in HMS Mercury.


CY Jenkin - the Early Years
Wireless goes to War
by Brian Austin
The story of an Italian Radio Operator
during WW2
Kenneth Alexander RAF Radio Operator
HMS Bulolo
Signalman Ron M Davis
Salvaging the Ave Maria
The Story of AMRAD
by Brian Hyde
Brushes with History
by John Littlefield
Chief Yeoman of Signals
Herbert Dench
The Royal Tour to South Africa
a Museum Document
CCY Peter Phillips
Training the RNZN
Tel James Garriock
War Registry
by Brian Hyde
A Hammock in a Gunboat
Leading Telegraphist D.W. White
A Handful of Rice
William (Bill) Guy
The only time that SUCCESS come before WORK is in the DICTIONARY
Mike Ford
Look back in langour
Eric Norman (Ned) Davies
The Ramblings of a Matelot
Reginald Harold Fricker
My Life and Times
Ted Palfrey
The Reminiscences of a 92 year old Normandy Veteren
Freddie Homard
HMS Mercury Postmistress retires
Extract from Spark Transmitters and Crystal Set Receivers to Satellite and The Web
Ex CPO Tel Duncan McInnes

The memoires of Peter C Brown's life as a Communicator in the RN
My Navy Years by Fred Harder
A Naval Lament by Phil Worthington
Wat Tyler's Suitcase
by Ken Sutton
My Second Career
by Godfrey Dykes
The role of Lord Mountbatten's Coffin Bearers
by Godfrey Dykes
A Memorial to Lt Cdr Ian Molyneux
by Godfrey Dykes
Signalman Stanley Longster
CRS Dennis Robert Williams
CRS Geoffrey Henley
HMS Saintes Record
One day in the Royal Calendar
Godfrey Dykes speaking on the television documentary broadcasted Summer 2019, called Charles and Diana - The truth behind their wedding 29th July 1981