POX/111957 Cpl Jack Williams

FOUND THIS ON ODDYSSEY
Looking on "HMS Odessy" in Google search will bring you good info on the shorebase establishment, Stating that it was an administration centre based in a hotel.
Further info on wartime military deaths can be found on the Commonwealth Wargraves Commission site. I had an uncle who was a Royal Marine killed in Belgium in 1944 and there is a cemetarty just outside Antwerp with several graves of Royal Marines from HMS Odessy.
Hope this helps
: Good day,
: : Can anyone supply any information on HMS Odyssey? Don't know if it
: was a ship or shore base,but there is some connection with Holland.Trying
: to get this information for a friend who is tracing family history,and had a
: relative who was a Royal marine serving at/in HMS Odyssey,was killed
: during WW11 and is buried in Holland.
: : Many thanks for any help,
: : Brian Hope.

: 14 Nov. 2011
: Serving as Rear Admiral, Reginald Vesey Holt, the last SBNO AND RAY,
: from 2.10.44 was, "Odyssey addl. for Naval Party No. 1737 and as Naval
: Officer in charge designate, Denmark."

: Ref: NA ADM 196/49.

: It seems possible that H.M.S. 'ODYSSEY' was liberated Denmark.
: John Parkinson

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From the different shore bases shown on his service record, we saw that at around the time of D-Day he was posted to a "HMS Odyssey".

you have to read this story about Oddyssey and D,DAY - It relates to Juno Beach , 30AU , AND OTHER EXCITING STUFF

HMS Odyssey was according to "Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy" a base for special operations at Portsmouth.
I also know that this title was also given to a Naval Party
that went to the Belgian Port of Ostend to clear Mines.
It was involved in some special operations on D-day.

Update on identifying which unit my late grandfather served in during the Second World War as a royal marine commando, I found a photo in the 45 commando gallery of someone who resembled him however the photo was a bit dark and difficult to identify as him.

I have emailed the photo to the black dot imaging company and had the photo colourised and enhanced, this along with a few long lost family photos we have recently found have been compared and we can now star that we have found him as a commando in 45 Royal Marines Commando as we were told by my late grandmother many years ago as part of lovatts brigade, currently re-applying for his service docs as the ones we had from DRORM were not the complete papers.

18 years I have searched for a photo of him in his green beret and my mission is complete, I also now have photos of him from his early days in the marines, when the colourised photo without the watermark is sent to me I will attach.