VETERAN OF THE MINELAYER HMS MINER 111. 2 JULY 1943, HARWICH. ABLE SEAMAN BADEN POWELL "TAFFY" DAVIES, AT FORTY THREE, IS THE OLDEST MAN AMONGST THE CREW OF THE MINELAYER HMS MINER 111. HE WAS IN THE MERCHANT NAVY IN THE LAST WAR. DAVIES SHOT DOWN A LOW FLYING ENEMY AIRCRAFT DURING A RAID WHEN HE WAS MANNING THE LEWIS GUN WHEN HMS MINER 111 WAS IN HARBOUR. - Able Seaman Baden Powell "Taffy" Davies, ex-fisherman now serving in HMS MINER 111, making a fishing net during his leisure moments

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