Royal Navy veteran, 105, tells Duchess of Edinburgh about his narrow escape in raid that sent HMS Repulse to the bottom of the ocean
Royal Navy veteran, 105, tells Duchess of Edinburgh about his narrow escape in raid that sent HMS Repulse to the bottom of the ocean
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Reg Draper was a stores assistant on Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York during the Second World War
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