Signalman Jones

Tim Parker was born in 1933, and his early memories include living in Stockport, near Manchester. While at Harrow School Tim joined the RNVR serving on London's HMS President, and two years later he was promoted to Midshipman RNVR. After National Service he held a variety of jobs included working for ICI and the Rank Organisation. In 2000 Tim started writing the regular 'Parker's Progress' column for the Brighton Argus. Tim lives in Brighton with his wife Beth, where they own a winery, one of the first in Britain. This is his first book. Geoffrey Holder Jones (1915-2011) served in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II where his bravery earned him the Distinguished Service Medal. He captained six different ships before retiring as a Lieutenant-Commander in 1966. He went on to become a teacher in the Brighton area and the headmaster of St. Andrew's Church School.

Foreword by Rear Admiral John Lippiett
Preface
A message from Signalman Jones
Chapter 1: Early Years – Liverpool and the Great Depression
Chapter 2: At last I go to sea – and on a battle cruiser
Chapter 3: War
Chapter 4: I go back to school and meet Gladys
Chapter 5: Wastwater – the grim reality of war in the North Atlantic
Chapter 6: Iceland, 1941
Chapter 7: Spitsbergen, summer 1941
Chapter 8: We lose our captain but find a submarine
Chapter 9: Aberdeen, then back to the frozen north
Chapter 10: Churchill and Roosevelt order Wastwater to America
Chapter 11: New York, New York
Chapter 12: The Caribbean
Chapter 13: Canada
Chapter 14: Blighty
Chapter 15: My last command
Chapter 16: Thirty-nine steps
Tim Parker