My dad served on HMS Icarus in WW2 and when he died 10 years ago we found his service records, postings, gunnery reports and injury report, which we put away somewhere safe and then forgot.
On hearing about the Arctic Star we looked for them without success, my wife recently found them while having a sort out and a request is now in the post.
Dad opened up in his later years about his experiences so we know quite a bit about his war, research on the internet filled in some of the questions about his postings, HMS Excellent being Whale Island where he told us he did his gunnery training and HMS Ferret being in Londonderry, he was in hospital there after being hit in the face with a shell being carried by a colleague in rough seas.
There are two entries on the postings which are baffling us though and the reason for this post, I hope that someone here with more knowledge of such things will be able to decipher the handwriting and explain what they mean.
I have attached a copy of the relevant page in the hope someone can help.
The first is the entry from 01 April 1941 to 30 June 1941, the second is 01 July 1941 to 09 October 1941, I've searched for shore establishments without success and as far as I know dad only ever served on HMS Icarus.
Many thanks in advance.
