Class 48 - HMS Royal Arthur 4th September 1941
My Uncle Evan Richard Evans 1922-1942
HMS Royal Arthur, at Skegness, was one of several assessment camps where new recruits would be assessed, kited out and sent to there various depots there were thousands that went through these camps. Before the war HMS Royal Arthur had been a Butlins holiday camp and after the war the site reverted back, HMS Royal Arthur was then moved to an establishment at Corsham in Wiltshire.
Just found this today 24-Nov-2016 by Desmond Field.......who posted the same picture www.wartimememories.co.uk/ships/royalarthur.html#Williams
Class 48 - HMS Royal Arthur 4th September 1941
My Uncle Evan Richard Evans 1922-1942
HMS Royal Arthur, at Skegness, was one of several assessment camps where new recruits would be assessed, kited out and sent to there various depots there were thousands that went through these camps. Before the war HMS Royal Arthur had been a Butlins holiday camp and after the war the site reverted back, HMS Royal Arthur was then moved to an establishment at Corsham in Wiltshire.
Just found this today 24-Nov-2016 by Desmond Field.......who posted the same picture www.wartimememories.co.uk/ships/royalarthur.html#Williams