Heroes
| A.B. Michael Meighan, Just one of the 1,314 men who crewed the Battleship King George V. From the extremes of cold during the infamous Convoy PQ14, when the great warship ran over the Destroyer HMS Punjabi,sending it to the icy deep with more than forty men------- ----------to the firing of one thousand hugh shells at the German Battle Cruiser Bismarck, sending her to the bottom with 1,995 men to avenge the sinking of HMS Hood. This citation has been sent to our Trust by the Heroes' Son Dennis |
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CHANNEL RESCUE, June 1942 Message from, Air Ministry Whitehall. The above messages and several others were followed by many congratulatory articles in the National Press. The boats concerned were ''whalebacks'' built by the BPCo. Hythe Hants. See Picture of Whaleback HSL142 sister ship to these two vessels on our Home Page Charles Grey After the war, Bob Greenway lived in Essex, he died on 6th March 2007, his wife lives on and this year turned 101 years old. |
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| 1945 United States Submarines [Still on Patrol] Albecore Amberjack Argonaut Bonefish Bullhead Capelin Cisco Corvina Darter Dorado Escotar Flier Colet Grampus Grayback Grenadier Growler Gudgeon Harder Herring Kete Lagarto Perch Pickerel Pompano Robalo Runner R -12 Scamp Scorpion Sculpin Sealion Seawolf Shark I Shark II Snook Swordfish S - 26 S - 27 S - 28 S - 36 S - 39 S - 44 Tang Trigger Triton Trout Tullibee Wahoo We are grateful to our Trust Supporter, Mrs P. Sitton for supplying this information. |
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| ERNEST SEAMAN was born on 16th August 1893 at no. 9 Derby Street, Heigham, Norwich, son of Henry and Sarah Elizabeth Seaman. He attended the local school at a small village called Scole In 1915 just after his 21st Birthday, he enlisted at Le Havre in the month of December.
Due to his poor physical condition he was not considered fit for front line Infantry and so was drafted into the Expeditionary Force Canteens. As the casualty rate soared, it was found necessary to transfer men from the rear into forward fighting units, thus he was drafted into 'A' Company, 2nd Battalion The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and given serial no.42364. In this Regt. he saw considerable fighting in the Ypres sector and his Company Commander Captain V.E. Mattocks wrote ''He is one of the best soldiers I have ever met, an excellent soldier in every sense of the word, always keen in his duties, volunteering for any task however dangerous or difficult'' For this constant devotion to duty and attending his wounded colleagues under fire he was to receive the Military Medal for Gallantry under fire. Now a L/Cpl, his service found him fighting along the Passchendaele Ridge, where his Company came under heavy fire from a nest of machine-guns, thus preventing the push forward to new positions. Citation in the London Gazette: ''L/Cpl Ernest Seaman showed conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty when, with great courage and initiative, he rushed forward under heavy fire with his Lewis Gun (light machine-gun) and engaged the position single-handed capturing two Machine-Gun Posts, killing one officer and two men and capturing 12 prisoners. Later that day, he again rushed another Machine-Gun Post capturing the gun under heavy fire. His courage and dash were beyond any praise and it was entirely due to the very gallant conduct of Lance Corporal Seaman, that his Company were able to push forward to its objective and capture many prisoners. On 13th February 1919, in the State Ballroom at Buckingham Palace, His Majesty King George V placed the Victoria Cross into the hand of Ernest Seaman's Mother Sarah Elizabeth, her Son having died in action later that day following his heroic action mentioned above. See also The Website of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Regimental Museum
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