Oxford Navy officer Ben Hoffmeister inspired by grandfathers who fought on opposite sides in war
He subsequently emigrated to Britain, where he settled down. Undated handout photo issued by the Royal Navy of Sub Lieutenant Ben Hoffmeister, 23, from Oxford, who is setting sail inspired by the wartime exploits of his grandfathers -who served on opposing sides in the Second World War. SLt Hoffmeister’s paternal grandfather was assigned to the Royal Naval Patrol Service after completing his training as a coder, serving with a converted trawler, HMT King Sol, in the Atlantic and Arctic before transferring to a destroyer based in Ceylon (today Sri Lanka) as the war against Japan reac...
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