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• Naval Lives

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  • Astle Scott Littlejohns

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  • Frank Clements

  • Margaret Hodgson

  • Charles Sheppard

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Frank Clements

The career of the NAAFI worker who became a prisoner of war

Frank Clements served as NAAFI canteen staff with the Royal Navy during World War Two. He worked onboard HMS Exeter in the Far East, a ship attacked by the Japanese. Clements and the other surviving crew became prisoners of war.

Portrait of Frank Clements (RNM)

Article highlights

• The career of the NAAFI worker who became a prisoner of war

• Clements' NAAFI service

• HMS Exeter in the Far East

• Surviving as a POW

• Forced labour

• Release and homecoming

Related External Links

• NAAFI

• HMS Exeter

• Royal Naval Museum - Collection Catalogue Online