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    Red Duster to White Ensign
    Red Duster to White Ensign
    Red Duster to White Ensign
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    Red Duster to White Ensign

    By Charles Joseph Parker

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    This is the story of an ordinary man who had a true love of the sea, but as a consequence of the war had to deal, as did many others, with extraordinary experiences. 

    Leaving his Cornish village of Landewednack in 1921 Charles, then aged fifteen, began his career in the Merchant Navy as a 2nd Class Sal

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBook Printing UK
    Release dateFeb 21, 2019
    ISBN9781912694754
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