Perhaps ?? UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972 Name: J Gaffney Medal or Award: Reserve Long Service Medal Service Year: 1938-1949 TD
Another picture from the IWM here. Appears to show at least 2, maybe 3 of the LCS(L) mk2s "in the bay of Ouistreham during the naval bombardment the day after the initial D-Day landings". Description does not specify what type of craft of they are but if you zoom in you can just about make out the distinctive 6 pounder turret on a LCI(S) hull, so I'd assume they are LCS(L)s! THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR: OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS), JUNE 1944
nemo Thanks, but... this pic was posted by Arty back in 2013 in Post #12 in this very thread: LCS(L) gunboats Michel
Oops! my bad. Haven't looked at the thread in a long while... seems the IWM has been wrung dry as a source of information for the LCS(L)s, although I've been in touch with them and they should hopefully digitise the oral history by William Herbert Cheeney of LCS(L) 257 soon. Cheeney, William Herbert (Oral history)
Doesn't time fly.... Yep, if you look real closely you'll see that these three craft are indeed all LCS(L) Mk2 (the distinguishing feature being the Valentine turret). These are, in fact, all three of the LCS in Force S in one happy snap - pennant numbers 253, 256 & 260... Regards Arty
My father was George Kirk, officer in charge of LCS(L)254. I would welcome any Dos and photos os service during 1944.My email is kirkalan48@gmail.com
My father was George Kirk, officer on 245 and I have the picture but would welcome any other documents or pic of this ship during 1944 my email is kirkalan48@gmail.com
Not a good idea to make your e mail address public - can attract all sorts of bots and spammers. Better to delete it and ask people to PM you if they have anything.
Welcome Alan I put LCI(l) 245 into Google and saw this page. I was surprised at how clear it is when using the flickr functionality to enlarge it. Plaque can be read very clearly. I agree with Robert-w it isn't a good idea to put your email address on display. I hope you see your father in the crew. Royal Navy crew of Landing Craft Support (L) 254
Dave, Well, you were lucky to find LCS(L) 254 when looking up LCI(L) 245 . Or you could have read this very thread from the beginning and found this old post from 2013 : LCS(L) gunboats
Thanks for the report. I have read parts of the book and have the picture. It is one of the few pictures of his war. He refused to talk about the war only to say he lost many friends
Hallo, ik ben een van de duikers die de wrakken heeft gevonden in de periode 1995 tot 2022 van lcs l 252 256 258 aan walcherse kust also lct 1133 lct 789 lct 839 found Lcg m 101 en 102 found Lcg l 2 gevonden naast lct 789 found Lci 532 found De lcf 37 and 38 missing Lcg l 1 ontbreekt Gr patrick sloot
Welcome to the forum Andre. Your post is apparently just the Google Translation into Dutch of this post. Did you have any question or info to add?
we are a divingteam in the Nederlands and we indentified the LCS 256 many years ago and we find also the wrecks of the lcs 252 and the lcs 258. All indentified bij the shipsbells. All off our finds are in the museum "Bevrijdingsmuseum Zeeland "located in Nieuwdorp Nederlands and in "het polderhuis "in Westkapelle The right possitions are for the LCS 256 51 29.101 N 03 27.264 E LCS 252 51 30.258 N 03 26.911 E LCS 258 51 30.157 N 03 27.073 E Best Regards Andre Ruissen