Diagram of mines swept in Seine Bay 6 June 1944 to 31 July 1944

Minesweepers had to clear the route for the invasion craft and keep the shipping lanes clear to ensure supply lines could be maintained.

Collection of official records of his naval service, 1943 - 1946, including his official certificate (S.459), his National Service Acts grade card (NS 55), his certificate of promotion to temporary Midshipman RNVR from HMS KING ALFRED, watchkeeping certificates for Coastal Forces and fleet minesweepers and his order for release (S.1587A), together with his ms training notes written in the RNVR officers training establishment HMS KING ALFRED, two printed maps showing mines swept in Seine Bay and the Rade de Cherbourg following the Normandy landings (June - August 1944) when he was serving in the minesweeping motor launch ML 138 (5th ML Flotilla), an uncompleted 'Crossing the Line' certificate from the fleet minesweeper HMS BOSTON, three presscuttings from Irish newspapers relating to the employment of the fleet minesweeper HMS CHEERFUL on mine clearance duties off the south and east coasts of Ireland (April 1946), four group photographs and three ship's photographs, seven Dutch bank notes used during ML 138's secondment to the Royal Netherlands Navy, a German novel with a personal inscription by a German army officer found abandoned in Cherbourg in 1944, and Scarle's identity tags, 'Y' entrant badge and midshipman's tabs.