My old grandad, who died Tuesday night aged 88, served in the RAF during WWII. He always went out of his way to point out that he enjoyed an entirely unheroic war, and actually spent a great deal of time playing football, cricket, water polo and other sports. He organised the tri-services football and water polo leagues in fact, having been dragooned into it on the long flight over by a SNCO who'd heard he was a great sportsman and terrific footballer (he'd trialled for Celtic before volunteering)!
Anyway, apparently my mum's brothers and sisters have discovered an old case full of photos of Alexandria during the War, and there's pics of what sounds like Warspite, Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, cruisers, destroyers, etc. in the harbour there. I shall get a look at them Wednesday coming.
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