This story was submitted to the People's War site by the Dunstable At War Team on behalf of the author and has been added to the site with his permission. After I left school I went to work in Reigate ...

While Burrard Dry Dock reached world renown for building Victory Ships during the Second World War, prior to that it was known for building corvettes and minesweepers. One of these ships was H.M.C.S ...