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- Wren Peggy (Sally) Overton No.102633
- Location of story:Ìý
- Machrihanish, Scotland
- Background to story:Ìý
- Royal Navy
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- A4428993
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- 11 July 2005
I was a Wren stationed on a Royal Naval Air Station (HMS 'Landrail') at Machrihanish on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland in 1945. On VE day we were allowed on shore from the station and I went with two friends to Campbelltown to celebrate and we met two officers fro a submarine ( HMS Unruly ) who invited us on board for a celebratory drink. As I suffer from claustrophobia I couldn't stay down below for very long but it was a wonderful experience. I was amazed that those men could live below the waterline in such a confined space.
I don't suppose there were many other women on board a submarine celebrating the end of the war in Europe on VE day.
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