Just did a bit of googling The only cat to receive the Dickens Medal (Animal VC) for protecting the ships rations from an infestation of rats.
Bugger! I'm getting so frustrated, constantly reading about some of the great stuff you lot are seeing on TV! " Blitz St ", now this? Not Fair! Andy; I have a rather distant rellie who was actually There, mate! He was the Cook on one of the ships involved. So, I've looked into it. That must've been one scary ordeal!
Any film with Sam Kydd in it is always worth watching! Unusually, he actually had stripes in that one - in most of his roles he was a humble squaddie, erk or matelot.
As a young lad I actual watched some of the film of this ,which was done on the River Orwell near Nacton
Would love to see it again. Was in the region at the time safely tucked up in Kure on HMAS Bataan David
