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Charles Paris was born in Valletta in 1921. At 18, in January 1940, without his parents’ knowledge and before waiting for his conscription papers, he joined the Royal Navy as an assistant steward at the Naval Depot. After two months training, he was drafted with other Maltese cooks and stewards to the County Class cruiser HMS Sussex, which had made a brief stop at Malta on its way from South Africa to the UK. Leading steward Charles Paris in June 1940. The vessel docked in Liverpool in March ...

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Royal Navy Christmas chaos strike threat withdrawn Staff employed by Serco Marine in Plymouth decided to postpone strikes at Devonport Dockyard, the Unite union said Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a big story in Plymouth again with our daily newslettersInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for oth...

Serco Covid-19 cases amid threat of strikes and Royal Navy shipping disruption Serco has confirmed two members of staff at the outsourcing giant have tested positive for coronavirus amid growing fears strike action amongst tug boat workers could disrupt Royal Navy shipping movements over the festive period The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a big story in Plymouth again with our daily newslettersInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up! When yo...

Number of Royal Navy dockyard workers test positive for Covid-19 The workers are under medical supervision Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a big story in Plymouth again with our daily newslettersInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Not...

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Royal Navy shipping movements face ‘chaos’ during Serco tug strikes in Plymouth Bosses at outsourcing giant Serco say they are willing to continue talks with union reps in a bid to prevent a strike by tug boat crews causing issues for the Royal Navy in Plymouth The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Never miss a big story in Plymouth again with our daily newslettersInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up! When you subscribe we will use the informat...