My Father A/S Harold Lewis Service Number JX185980 served on HMS Harrier from Nov.19/41 to Aug.30/44.

He is from Grand Falls, Newfoundland, Canada. He married Gertrude (Smith) Chapman from Hull, Yorkshire. After the war he returned to grand Falls and passed away at the young age of 67 on August 28th,1988.

He talked a lot about the Russian Convoys and when the Russian Government passed out Medals for Russian Convoy duties he was overlooked and didn't receive the honour which he so deserved. He also spent some time on HMS Dunnotter Castle as well as HMS Sikh.

If anyone has any info on Harrier duties and actions the ship was involved in like at Normandy I would greatly appreciate hearing from you. He often mentioned about convoy PQ 17 and I was wondering would it have been possible that a ship's company could have been dispatched to another ship while the Harrier was under refit at the end of June 1942 when Convoy PQ 17 set sail. My mother told me of a message she received from Russia saying how they arrived safely. This is usually unheard of during wartime action. I hope some of this information is of use and I wonder if any of his shipmates remember him.

Wayne Lewis March 2008