Lancing postman was last of the Royal Navy's 'human minesweepers'
Lancing was home to the last of the Royal Navy's 'human minesweepers', a veteran diver who had risked his life on a critical mission to clear booby-trapped European ports in the Second World War.
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Source: sussexexpress.co.uk