Lewis Curl served in the Royal Navy from 1942 to 1946 and was often deployed out of Portsmouth.
An armed forces veteran has died just days before the 80th anniversary of D-Day.He was a cypher coder on HMS Belfast and was granted leave. But after returning to Portsmouth, he was recalled to join HMS DacresMr Curl was awarded the 1938/45 Medal, the Victory Medal, Atlantic Star and Bar, Burma Star, France and Germany Star and Civil Medal
"An officer took him to one side and told him the ship’s company had bets on if he was going to make it. The odds were against him." The crew spent their time “pushing mines away from the ship with long poles”, according to the Royal Navy.
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