The other new photos of Freetown in WW2 I've found on WikiCommons.
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| By Roper, F G (Lt) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
Nigerian Bandsmen Entertain British Sailors
6 December 1942, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Men of the Royal Navy
back from an Anti-U-boat patrol in the Atlantic,
come ashore
to find the band of the Royal West African Frontier Force
playing in front of the Naval Canteen.
The musical director is Lieutenant McEwan.
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| By Royal Navy official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
African Naval ratings march past
His Excellency the Governor of Sierra Leone,
Major Sir Hubert Stevenson, KCMG, OBE, MC
who received the salute on the balcony of the Law Courts, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Note the large Union Flag hanging beneath the balcony.
With the Governor are
Vice Admiral A M Peters, CB, DSO,
Flag Officer Commanding West Africa;
Major General G G Phillips, CB, DSO, MC,
Area Commander, Sierra Leone;
and Air Vice Marshal R Graham, CB, CBE, DSO, DSC, DFC,
Air Officer Commanding West Africa.
My dad wrote in his diary:
Thursday 20th January 1944
"Spent all day in redecorating the billet
in readiness for the coming of the Admiral on Sunday.
Distempered the inside cream and green
and really made a good job of it.
Sunday 23rd January 1944
"Great excitement
caused by the visit of Rear Admiral Peters
who has just taken over the West African Command."
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| By Royal Navy official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons |
A lifeboat manned by the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy
is in unusual surroundings
as it rides "pick-a-pack"
on a motor lorry in the Red Cross Parade
at Freetown, Sierra Leone.
The passenger in the white uniform
towards the stern of the boat looks like my dad
.... maybe it is and maybe it isn't!
A great photo I'm sure you'll agree,