This is a memoir of a boy born in 1926 in a small seaside town on the northwest coast of England who grew up in pre-and wartime Britain, and who recalls in this account his many adventures before, during, and after the conclusion of World War II.In the latter half of the war, our teenager author enlists in His Majesty King George VI's Royal Navy and is assigned to serve as a naval Coder on several British warships, culminating on HMS Cavendish, a state-of-the-art Destroyer based primarily in the South East Asia theatre of war. Throughout his service, the neophyte mariner chronicles his experiences and outrageous mishaps and the life lessons he learned along his way. At the conclusion of hostilities, we follow the path of the newly demobbed and restless young sailor upon his return to Britain, as he explores a variety of careers and opportunities over the next decade, in search of adventure and fulfillment. Ultimately, in the mid-1960s he settled successfully in California in the United States where, towards the end of his life, he completed this first volume of his intended Trilogy. Written in a humorous and light-hearted manner somewhat in the style of Jerome K Jerome or P G Wodehouse, it is hoped this audiobook will appeal to readers interested in this tumultuous time in history, and in the personal recollections of wartime and other events as witnessed by a sharply-observant and irreverent chronicler born almost a hundred years ago.
