My father, Norman Lock (February 1924 - November 2021) was in the Portsmouth Division of Royal Navy in WW2 from 1942 to 1946. Official No. JX 359656. There is a long Navy group photo in his collection. It was to long for me to scan as one photo when I put it under the Lock family tree on the ancestry site, I have it as Group photo-A and B. I may get it scanned by a professional photographer shop one day. I can only show a small section here due to the size restrictions on this site. There seems be over 100 Navy personnel, sailors and officers, in the whole photo. Logically the whole photo may have been taken at Portsmouth, England because that was Norman's home port, but I do not know where the photo was taken. Some clues may be in the whole photo with the whole background. Norman has the yellow marker arrow just above his head in this small section of photo.

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Philip L

Some of my father's WW2 photos in regard to of HMS Findhorn and HMCS Chilliwack.

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Philip L

I have a photo of my father, Norman Lock and unidentified sailor In Port Said Egypt. Norman is on your left as you look at photo. And a Boxing match pamphlet from March 1944. Have you any Egypt WW2 navy photos.

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Philip L

 Thank you. Much appreciated. The only ships my late father seemed to talk about were HMS Findhorn and HMCS Chilliwack, so now I understand why. I have his passes for those ships.

Thanks again.

Philip L

ROYAL ARTHUR – reception for new entries/ initial training – Skegness (the Butlins holiday camp)
VALKYRIE – shore base at Douglas, Isle of Man; radar training establishment
CAROLINE –  shore base at Belfast
AVALON – Royal Canadian Navy shore base at St John’s Newfoundland
CANADA – RN shore base at Halifax, Nova Scotia
EAGLET – RN shore base at Liverpool
LANKA – RN shore base at Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
TYNE – depot ship – see: https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/7287.html
GOLDEN HIND – shore base at Sydney, Australia
VICTORY III  and VICTORY – shore base at Portsmouth
COLLINGWOOD – shore base at Fareham

The shore bases and also HMS Tyne, were responsible for administrative duties – pay and paperwork mainly – that the small ships could not do.  Your father would not have actually served there, they were the 'parent' establishment.

His  two ships were Chilliwack and Findhorn

Chilliwack was a Flower class corvette
https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/810.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/services/history/ships-histories/chilliwack.html

Findhorn was a River class frigate –
htps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_River-class_frigates

Service history of Findhorn -
https://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/114.html

In regard to my father's service record-Ships served on in WW2. My father, Norman Charles Lock served, as Radar operator, on Royal navy ships and a Canadian Royal navy ship, HMCS Chilliwack.

But I found out that some of the names are not ships but are land bases. I think Collingswood is one and I think there was one in the former Ceylon. I would be interested in some more information about the land bases if possible.

Thank you.
Philip L

Hopefully the names that did not fit in last scan are on this one. I turned it the other way round. I had to reduce the size, causing names not to fit on the photo.

Philip L

In regard to Royal Arthur Class 207 and Class members. The rear of the photo with Class members names. I think this has scanned to be 959K.

Philip L

Rear of photo. Royal Arthur Class 207.
Sorry

It is saying the file (rear of photo) is too large.  It is actually about the same as the front of the photo.  I may try again some time. Do not understand.

My father, Norman Lock is 6th from your left in the rear row as you look at the photo.
There seems to be about 29 names on the rear of the photo. Some of the writing takes a lot to work out. But some clear ones are. W Robinson, Birmingham. Walter Potts, Macclesfield. FJ Mullett Birmingham.

Philip L

My father, Norman Charles Lock, was in the Royal Navy in WW2 from 1942 to 1946. I have a photo of Royal Arthur Class 207. Other Class members of Class 207 have put their names on the rear of the photo.

It would be nice to put names to faces in the Class 207 photo with the 80th Anniversary of end of WW2 in 2025. My father was born in February 2024 and died in November 2021. Does anyone know who the other 207 Class members are. My father went on to receive the Atlantic star and Burma star. Norman was a radar operator and served on a Canadian war ship, HMCS Chilliwack (For the British Royal navy) at one stage of the war. Protecting shipping in the Atlantic. Norman also served in the Pacific later in the WW2.

Thankyou
Philip L