Obituaries

Richard John Howlett 1932 – 2008

March 15th, 2009 by JCB
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richard-howlett

 

Born on the 23rd September 1932 in Wandsworth, London, Richard Howlett was educated at Kings College Wimbledon, joining the HMS Worcester in 1947 prior to going to sea with the Royal Mail Line in 1949. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Bland: 1933 – 2008

September 6th, 2008 by JCB
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A Geordie by birth Robert was born on 24th September 1933, in South Shields on the banks of the Tyne. Read the rest of this entry »

Kester Field 1929 – 2008

September 6th, 2008 by JCB
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Kester Field, retired Cinque Ports Pilot and PLA Pilot, died on the 23rd March 2008 aged 79 years. Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel Ivor McMillan

June 29th, 2008 by JCB
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Retired River Thames Pilot Dan McMillan died on 31st March 2008. Born in Portsmouth 24/9/1927, he wastaken back to the Gravesend area by his Mother in 1928, after the unfortunate death of his Father, and brought up in that same district. Read the rest of this entry »

Anthony Harold MacKenzie Thurgood

June 28th, 2008 by JCB
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Tony Thurgood (1930-2008)was born in Forest Hill, London. He joined HMS Conway in April 1947, and left in April 1949 to join the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd. Read the rest of this entry »

OBITUARY: Eric Wray

March 21st, 2008 by JCB
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OBITUARY.

Eric Wray 1923 -2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Captain Colin Vine

January 8th, 2008 by JCB
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CAPTAIN COLIN VINE DSC RD RNR FNI

Colin Frank VINE was born in November 1915 and died in May 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

Fulton, Bruce Craig

August 10th, 2007 by JCB
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Bruce Craig Fulton

(1940 – 2007)

Bruce was born in the Wirral on 12th May 1940, the son of Liverpool Pilot Douglas C Fulton. Read the rest of this entry »

Smith, Gerald Alexander

August 1st, 2007 by JCB
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GERALD WILLIAM ALEXANDER SMITH

It is with sadness that I report the death of Gerald Smith, on Tuesday, 24 April. He died at home after a short illness. Read the rest of this entry »

Rollinson Alec

June 13th, 2007 by JCB
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Alec was the only child of a Master Shipwright and Boatbuilder, who had at one time been a Millom Pilot. Read the rest of this entry »