There and Back

A voyage to the Far East in 1945 by Telegraphist Ken Sutton told in pictures.
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Telegraphist Ken Sutton 1946

Gibraltar 1945
The Rock	The Rock from the Causeway	Main Street	RN Signal Station
MALTA 9th to 11th September 1945
Salute to Malta.		Gargur.
Malta street view.	Grand Harbour.	HMS Illustrious.	King George V.
Grand Harbour.	Yacht race.	Grand Harbour.	Dghajsas.
Gardens.	Church.	Memorial.	VE Night Malta.
Mara.		Cristus Rex.
Alexandria, Egypt 14th to 23rd Sept 1945
Alexandria.	Sporting Tram Station.	Strand cinema.	Safia Zaghloul Street.
Mohamed Aly Square.	St Marcs College.	Ramleh Quarters.	Sporting Beach.
Hotel Cecil and Cornich.		Khartoum Pillar.
Port Said 24th to 26th Sept 1945
Run ashore in Port Said.
Aden 1st to 4th Oct 1945
Aden.	Aden.	Fishing vessels.	Sea Front.
Main Road pass.
Colombo 26th to 30th Oct 1945
Passenger Jetty and Customs House.	Clock Tower and Lighthouse.	colombo.	Fishing boat.
Bullocks and Cart.	Storm.	Kandy Road.	Dwelling House.
Working elephant.
Kandy, Ceylon
Kandy, Ceylon.	Kandy, Ceylon.	Kandy, Ceylon.	Waterfall in the hills.
temple of the Tooth.	Elephant procession.	Procession elephant.	Trincomalee.
Andaman Islands - Port Blair - 4th to 11th Nov 1945
Japanese POWs washing ships side.	Japanese POWs washing ships side.	Japanese POWs washing ships side.	SS Mararajah.
HMIS Narbada.	SS Mararajah.	Japanese POWs.	Ship's Cutter.
Japanese POWs.	Japanese POWs.	Shark fishing.	Japanese POWs.
Amidships.	Shark fishing.		Jock and Roy.
Singapore - 30th Nov to 11th Dec 1945
Singapore.	Cliffords pier.	Sea front.	Elgin Bridge.
Connaugh Drive.	Johore causeway.	Street scene.	River.
Chinese temple.	Chinese ladies.	Malayan mosque.	Japanes POWs.
Colombo Christmas Day 1945
Christmas Day.	Christmas Day.	New Amsterdam.	New Amsterdam.
Captain for the day.	Geordie and Regie.		Roy and Ken.
Crossing the Line Jan 1st 1946 - En-route from Colombo to Kilindini (Mombasa)
Crossing the Line.	Crossing the Line.	Crossing the Line.	Crossing the Line.
Crossing the Line.	Crossing the Line.	Crossing the Line.	Crossing the Line.
Crossing the Line.		Crossing the Line.
Kilindini/Mombasa
Kilindini.	Kilindini coastline.	Mombasa Fleet Club.	Mombasa.
Kilindini Road.	Mombasa.		Mombasa.
Narrow Street.	Tanky.	Mombasa.	Mombasa.
Dar-es-Salaam 14th to 16th Jan 1946
Dare-es-Salaam.	Dare-es-Salaam.	Dare-es-Salaam.	Dare-es-Salaam.
Dare-es-Salaam.	HMS Loch Insh.		Dare-es-Salaam.
Nairobi Jan 1946
War memorial.	Capitol Picture House.	Delamere Avenue.	Indian Mosque.
Mount Kilimanjaro.	Mount Kenya.	Cheetah.	Lion cubs.
Seychelles Jan 17th to 19th 1946
Victoria Harbour.	Roman Catholic Church.	Mahe hospital.	Gordon Square sports ground.
Albert Street.	Mahe.	Mahe.	Mahe.
Mahe.	Mahe.	Mahe.	Mahe.
Mahe.
Port Said - Port Fouad - Apr 1st to 3rd 1946
De Lessups Statue.	Great Eastern Exchange Hotel.	Port Fouad Mosque.	Casino Palace Hotel & Breakwater.
Fishermans Huts Port Said Beach.	Roman Catholic Cathedral.	Orthodox Church.	Abbas Mosque.
Mixed Court of Justice.	Port Said.		Port Said Beach.
Homeward Bound
Aden.	Aden.	Red Sea.	Red Sea.
HMS Taff.	Suez Canal.	Suez Canal.	New Amsterdam.
Suez Canal.	Suez Canal.	HMS Loch Insh.	Suez Canal.
Suez Canal.	Suez Canal.		Football.
Gibraltar
View from Spain.	Part of coastline.	HMS Loch Insh.	Suez Canal.
War Memorial.	Part of old fort wall.	Part of old fort wall	Local resident.
Spain
The Running of the Bulls.	The Running of the Bulls.	The Running of the Bulls.	The Running of the Bulls.
The Running of the Bulls.	The Running of the Bulls.		The Running of the Bulls.
The Running of the Bulls.	The Running of the Bulls.		The Running of the Bulls.
Home
Cricket Team.	Hockey Team.	HMS Loch Insh -Comms Staff.	HMS Loch Insh -Comms Staff.
HMS Loch Insh -Comms Staff.	HMS Loch Insh - Ships Company.

There and Back

A voyage to the Far East in 1945 by Telegraphist Ken Sutton told in pictures.(Click on an image to enlarge it and reveal any further information held.).

Gibraltar 1945

MALTA 9th to 11th September 1945

Alexandria, Egypt 14th to 23rd Sept 1945

Port Said 24th to 26th Sept 1945

Aden 1st to 4th Oct 1945

Colombo 26th to 30th Oct 1945

Kandy, Ceylon

Andaman Islands - Port Blair - 4th to 11th Nov 1945

Singapore - 30th Nov to 11th Dec 1945

Colombo Christmas Day 1945

Crossing the Line Jan 1st 1946 - En-route from Colombo to Kilindini (Mombasa)

Kilindini/Mombasa

Dar-es-Salaam 14th to 16th Jan 1946

Nairobi Jan 1946

Seychelles Jan 17th to 19th 1946

Port Said - Port Fouad - Apr 1st to 3rd 1946

Homeward Bound

Gibraltar

Spain

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A voyage to the Far East in 1945 by Telegraphist Ken Sutton told in pictures.
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