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John Elliot Sproule joined the Royal Navy as a boy seamen in 1954. He progressed to the gunnery school at HMS Excellent and then became a gunner in HMS Tyne.

John Sproule describing a kit muster (RNM)

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John Sproule describing his naval kit and uniform (RNM)

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