A01=Ronald Morris
Author_Ronald Morris
beatie holme sumner
beatrice holme sumner
c.b. fry
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charles hoare
cricketer
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forced boxing matches
hardships
mercury training ship
punishments
ronald morris
ts mercury
violent ceremonial floggings
Product details
- ISBN 9780750937108
- Weight: 440g
- Dimensions: 170 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 18 Mar 2004
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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In 1945, the 15-year-old Ronald Morris joined the Mercury, a training ship for boys under the command of C.B. Fry, the famous cricketer. But his rule was only notional; in reality it was run by his wife. This is the story of how one extraordinary woman came to rule a ship with a rod of iron.
Ronald Morris was born in 1930 and served on the Mercury from 1939-1945. He was later in the Merchant Navy, then a schoolteacher.
