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Obituaries
Richard John Howlett 1932 – 2008

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
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
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
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

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 »
Captain Colin Vine
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
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
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
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 »










