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Royal Navy

Eric Crawford served on the HMS "Electra" which on the 3rd of September 1939 rescued several passengers and crew from the torpedoed SS "Athenia". He later served as 1st Lt. on the HMS "Princess Josephine Charlotte", a former Belgian ferry which was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and converted to a Landing Ship Infantry Assault. He has been training with 47 RM Commando off the west coast of Scotland and the Islands. He also was at Falmouth with them and at Portsmouth just before D-Day and sailed with them from Portsmouth on the 5th of June 1944 heading for Gold Beach in Normandy.