My great Uncle captured the first intact Enigma Machine

While I was visiting my family on vacation in England, I talked to my great uncle who is still alive and well about the HMS Bulldog he served on. His ship caputured the U101 which had an entact Engima machine on it. He told me that he did not know how to swim and his captin told him to jump into the sea and board the U boat. I took a picture of him and will post it later tonight. Here are a few articles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Bulldog_(H91)
The Enigma decoder operation primrose and Arnold Hargreaves his part in Hitlers downfall
BBC - WW2 People's War - Wartime memories of an Able Seaman - Part One - Enlisting in the Navy. Posted to HMS Bulldog engaged in English Channel Invasion

My Uncle Arnold left who served on the HMS Bulldog and my Grandfather on the right who was in the RAF.

 

Wish I could see my family again.

 

My Grandfather on the right died two years ago. I will miss your stories. My great uncle on the left turns 100 this year.

 

Many happy returns to your great uncle!
I often wonder about the people (youths) who died in WW2 and wonder how long they would have lived, how much life they would have had if they survived...your great uncle is a champion in this respect.

 

Wow...no kidding. THAT was a Class-A, Historical event my friend.
CAC -
I also, often, wonder about the Guys/Kids that died.....all different scenarios.
Think of all the guys that trained, and then were killed on the first day of (for example) D-Day, or maybe they died a few days later during the Very Difficult battle of Normandy.
Whenever i watch film of Omaha Beach, and see those dead bodies bobbing around in The Channel.....I wish JUST ONCE, somebody would stop the film, point to a body, and say....."This was Don Green, he was 20, from Boston, had a steady girl, and wanted to own a Bicycle Repair/Sales shop after the war."
Germans, Americans, Norway, England, Russia, Japan......all those guys that never had a chance.
We think of who WE are, but think of who They MIGHT have been.
One might have delivered your baby, or pulled you from a burning building, or maybe taught you guitar lessons.
Who knows what some guy might have done.

 

Congratulations to your great uncle. Do you or he have his service record? Copies are free to veterans.

I always think of radar when also thinking about the enigma. Have you ever seen the TV movie Castles in the Sky about Robert Watson Watt who developed radar further? It's free on YouTube, hope the link works.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zu-L7Gb5m-o

 

I'm very sorry to hear about your grandfather. I hope your great uncle is doing well. Thanks for updating us and bumping this thread. I missed it the first go around.

 

Quite interesting. Thanks for sharing.