Gerard Horace Gandy, RN
| Born | 29 Apr 1896 | Gloucestershire | |
| Died | 16 Jan 1987 | (90) | Torbay district, Devon |
| Ranks
Retired: 5 May 1920 Decorations
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Warship Commands listed for Gerard Horace Gandy, RN
| Ship | Rank | Type | From | To |
| HMS Cicala (T 71) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | River gunboat | 13 May 1940 | 3 Apr 1941 |
| HMS MTB 10 (MTB 10) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Motor Torpedo Boat | 3 Apr 1941 | 26 Dec 1941 |
| HMS Kingfisher (L 70 / K 70) | Lt.Cdr. (retired) | Patrol vessel | 22 Jun 1942 | Jan 1944 |
Career information
Lt-Cmdr G H Gandy RN led a party of officers and ratings through the Japanes lines and 3000 miles overland through China and Burma arriving in a deserted Rangoon after escaping from Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941. After five weeks he left onboard the Armed Merchant Cruiser Heinrich Jessen bound for Calcutta along with Lt-Cmdr Gandy, Lt Collingwood, Lt Ashby & Jix Prest, Buddy Hide, Charlie Evans, Al Rutter, John pawley, Jack Holt, Les Barker, Ron Priestley, and others. From Calcutta it was a thirty six hour train journey across the Indian sub-continent to Bombay where they boarded the armed merchant cruiser "Narkunda" bound for Durban where they took onboard 657 Italian POW's before shaping course for Cape Town.
Sources
hongkongescape.com. Lt-Commander Gerard H Gandy R.N. (Rtrd) MTB 10 & Senior Officer 2nd MTB Flotilla, Coastal Forces Hong Kong
unithistories.com. Gandy,
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