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telegraph.co.ukAble seaman Seymour Taylor (rtd), 95, was aboard HMS Farnham Castle. Here he recounts coming ashore and the day of celebrations that ensued On VE Day I was aboard the corvette [small warship] HMS Farnham Castle, returning to Greenock in Scotland.
Crowds lined the dockside and the merchant navy ships blasted their horns. As we drew closer, I noticed a couple of them had effigies of Adolf Hitler strung up on their decks.
It was hard to accept that it was really over. It had been three long years since I had joined the Royal Navy, aged 17. I was put on the cruiser HMS Emerald, manning a six-inch gun, and after a spell in the Atlantic we sailed across the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans to become part of the Eastern Fleet.
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