<![CDATA[Royal Navy Research Archive]]> Commentics <![CDATA[Royal Navy Research Archive]]> 16 16 Trevor Bowhay My brother also served on this landing craft he was a stoker and lived in Totnes.would like to make contact as i might have a photo of your farther some times when they were on leave they stayed with us. Regards T J Bowhay

]]> Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:53:48 +0000 item_687 Trevor Bowhay My brother was a crew member on this landing craft LCH 167 R. J. Bowhay from Totnes . This ship was also part of the liberation of the channel islands.

]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2022 19:16:09 +0000 item_685 Karen Gwinnutt This article gives us a new insight on my Father's role in the Navy. He joined up as cook and he eventually became a leading cook before his discharge. We knew he was part of the crew on LCH-167 and was involved in the D- Day Landings. He possibly joined LCH - 167 at Rosneath in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, which we believe was a Landing Craft base. We never had any of these details before, but now have seen a new dimension of his involvement in WW II.

In 2015, he eventually received the 'Insignia of Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur' from the French Government, in recognition of his involvement in the Liberation of France during the Second World War.

He used to tell us how after the war he went to Malta and India, but never how he got there. It would now seem very possible that it was aboard LCH -167 (see above). The photograph show's my Father in his Naval uniform at the age of between 18-20.

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