Grandad's War in the Far East - WWII |
Sergeant F.L Betts - Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and later the Royal Army Service Corps |
His pride & joy, he skippered this LCT around the Far East. |
in front of a Sunderland Flying boat at Singapore Airfield |
Rempang Island - camp for Jap POW's |
middle row, 2nd in from right |
Sunday Roast aboard ship - above and below |
The dinghy aboard LCT 742 'Blighty Blues' |
below - reservist training in Wales after the War, middle row 2nd in from right |
below - the crew of LCT 742 |
Above - 884 company waterborn, front row 2nd from left |
A young Lance Corporal Betts |
very young Private Betts, probably taken in the Far East c1945. |
Private Betts, taken in Lincoln not long after joining up c1944 |
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