Ralph Pedley’s Diary 1943

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Introduction Diary by Month Photos Maps Related Websites Glossary	Introduction During this period Ralph was serving in the UK Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve on the following vessels: 20^th December 1942 to 10^th July 1943 L.C.T 300 19^th August 1943 to 5^th December 1943 L.C.T 329 16^th December 1943 onward L.C.I. 161
	Diary by Month January Training in Scotland and steaming south in the Irish Sea. February Blown aground in Wales. March Reunited with the flotilla in Devon. April Heading for Gibraltar & the Mediterranean. May Along the North African coast. Algeria and Tunisia. Air raids. June Invasion of Pantelleria. July Ship hit by a bomb during the invasion of Sicily. August Ashore in Tripoli, eventually assigned to LCT 329. September Invasion of Italy, fierce fighting around Salerno, shipwrecked by storm. October Shipwrecked yet again and a visit to Capri. November Repairing the ship in the rain. December Assigned to LCI 161. January 1944 Heading back to North Africa.
	Photos Photos taken by Ralph during his RNVR service in World War 2. Includes North Atlantic service on a destroyer, LCT and LCI service in the Mediterranean. Ralph's Photos
	Maps Diary events in Google maps Diary events in Google Earth (you need Google Earth installed first)
	Related Websites Invasion of Pantelleria Operation Husky Operation Husky, the Invasion of Sicily - July 1943 Sicily 1943 Operation Avalanche, Salerno 1943 British Navy in the Mediterranean 1942-43 Amphibious, Landings, WW2 WW2 COMBINED OPERATIONS - Landing Craft US Navy Landing Craft Tanks,Mk5 1940-1945 NavSource Photo Archives: Amphibious Ships Index ROYAL NAVY VESSELS LOST AT SEA, 1939-45 - AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE VESSELS worldwar-2.net The Wartime Memories Project Navy Slang