Most people think of the danger to England from German attack as the "Battle of Britain" in the air. Many believe that once the skies were cleared of German aircraft, the United Kingdom was secure from attack. Even aside from the V1 and V2 weapons, this was hardly the case for many coastal towns and cities.
HMS Lynx, the Royal Naval Shore establishment at Dover, Kent, was one of the most unpredictably dangerous assignments in the Royal Navy. It lay within the reach of German gun emplacements on the French shoreline at Cap-Gris-Nez. A single gun there had fired 2,226 shells into the port city between 12 August 1940 and September of 1944.
Wren Olive Pett, WRNS, 62192 was stationed at HMS Lynx and was killed there during shelling on June 27th, 1944 while on active duty. She was the daughter of Albert Edward and Elsie Mildred Pett, of Staines
HMS Lynx, the Royal Naval Shore establishment at Dover, Kent, was one of the most unpredictably dangerous assignments in the Royal Navy. It lay within the reach of German gun emplacements on the French shoreline at Cap-Gris-Nez. A single gun there had fired 2,226 shells into the port city between 12 August 1940 and September of 1944.
Wren Olive Pett, WRNS, 62192 was stationed at HMS Lynx and was killed there during shelling on June 27th, 1944 while on active duty. She was the daughter of Albert Edward and Elsie Mildred Pett, of Staines
Most people think of the danger to England from German attack as the "Battle of Britain" in the air. Many believe that once the skies were cleared of German aircraft, the United Kingdom was secure from attack. Even aside from the V1 and V2 weapons, this was hardly the case for many coastal towns and cities.
HMS Lynx, the Royal Naval Shore establishment at Dover, Kent, was one of the most unpredictably dangerous assignments in the Royal Navy. It lay within the reach of German gun emplacements on the French shoreline at Cap-Gris-Nez. A single gun there had fired 2,226 shells into the port city between 12 August 1940 and September of 1944.
Wren Olive Pett, WRNS, 62192 was stationed at HMS Lynx and was killed there during shelling on June 27th, 1944 while on active duty. She was the daughter of Albert Edward and Elsie Mildred Pett, of Staines
HMS Lynx, the Royal Naval Shore establishment at Dover, Kent, was one of the most unpredictably dangerous assignments in the Royal Navy. It lay within the reach of German gun emplacements on the French shoreline at Cap-Gris-Nez. A single gun there had fired 2,226 shells into the port city between 12 August 1940 and September of 1944.
Wren Olive Pett, WRNS, 62192 was stationed at HMS Lynx and was killed there during shelling on June 27th, 1944 while on active duty. She was the daughter of Albert Edward and Elsie Mildred Pett, of Staines
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