Before WW2, Nick Wells was an engineer who specialised in commercial vehicles. At the outbreak of war, he joined the Royal Navy and became an engine room 'artificer'. He was at sea for four years. Ray arrived in 1946 - an early baby boomer. Nick didn't talk much about his war but one horrific tale stuck in his son's mind: Nick saw a colleague get vaporised by steam from a damaged turbine when their ship was hit by a torpedo. Other stories included accounts of going ashore in Crete with com...
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Before WW2, Nick Wells was an engineer who specialised in commercial vehicles. At the outbreak of war, he joined the Royal Navy and became an engine room 'artificer'. He was at sea for four years. Ray arrived in 1946 - an early baby boomer. Nick didn't talk much about his war but one horrific tale stuck in his son's mind: Nick saw a colleague get vaporised by steam from a damaged turbine when their ship was hit by a torpedo. Other stories included accounts of going ashore in Crete with com...
Matthew speaks to Cumberland farmer Joe Roe about his father John. Joe was born in 1947 but describes the Second World War as "a thread which ran through my entire life". John's war took him to Dunkirk; the Western Desert; Italy; and, afterwards, to Palestine. When he came home, John took over the local post office. But, says Joe, "Not a day seemed to go by when the war wasn't mentioned in some way." Send us a text Support the show
We Sons of World War Two Vets
Before WW2, Nick Wells was an engineer who specialised in commercial vehicles. At the outbreak of war, he joined the Royal Navy and became an engine room 'artificer'. He was at sea for four years. Ray arrived in 1946 - an early baby boomer. Nick didn't talk much about his war but one horrific tale stuck in his son's mind: Nick saw a colleague get vaporised by steam from a damaged turbine when their ship was hit by a torpedo. Other stories included accounts of going ashore in Crete with com...
