Biographical notes:
Son of Christopher Potter & Alice Lillian Annie Marie Blackledge née Phillips.
Occupation: Local government costing & accounts clerk (1939).
Addresses: 1939 - 37 Saint Leonards Road, Hythe, KEN; 1973 - 74 Tollers Lane, Old Coulsdon, SRY.
Volunteered for the Navy 5 Jun 1939. Commenced 30 Nov 1939. Served on Royal Arthur, Pembroke IV (Verdun), Cochrane II, Pembroke IV (Cassandra), then Pembroke (Verdun) & Ford as telegrapher. Awarded 4 War Service Chevrons, WSI 4 years & WSI 5 years. Discharged 12 Dec 1945. German capitulation was signed on 8 May 1945 on HMS Verdun in Oslo.
Reference documents:
1918 birth registration index record.
1939 register record.
1943 marriage registration index record.
2002 death registration index record.