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June 16, 2007

I was PO radar mechanic on the Chequers from second advance party to demob from Haifa about February 1946. I was responsible for the 275 Radar. I reported to both guns and the radar officer which was difficult at times. The first of the three photographs was I am sure taken on trials on the Clyde on the 28th September. The third I am pretty sure was In Grand Harbour, Malta the rest of the trot were units of the 14th flotilla of which Chequers was the Leader. The middle picture certainly in the Mediterranean, it may well have been taken after I left the ship possibly on patrol between Beirut and Haifa.

You might like the attached Photograph taken in Grand Harbour late 1945 or early 1946 taken from the Lower Barraca Gardens Valetta, Malta. A few years ago in Malta I took a photograph from the same position and was surprised to see on the print the top of the starboard hand buoy which is visible on the 1945 photo.

Regards,
Bob Willoughby Hart Ex