FALKLANDS 25 SUNSET WREATH LAYING CEREMONY

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Can you help? 

 

The Merchant Navy Association is involved with the MoD as a member of the Steering Committee organising this special service starting at 1830 hrs on 15th June 2007. 

 

This event will recognise and commemorate all those Merchant Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary medal holders who supported HM Forces during the Falklands Conflict and the seventeen merchant seafarers who died during the campaign.

 

The Merchant Navy Association are honoured to have been asked to organise and distribute all the invitations.  We would appreciate your help in promoting this uniquely focused event in as many ways as possible.  The Service will be held at the recently dedicated MN Falklands Memorial set alongside the other two national Merchant Navy War memorials in Trinity Gardens.

 

There were approximately 3,000 Merchant Navy campaign medals awarded and we are hoping to bring together as many veterans as possible in Trinity Gardens.  This event is one of many being organised to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands Conflict and more information can be found on www.falklands25.net.

 

The MoD would like us to contact all those who received decorations aboard MN and RFA ships…those who received special decorations as listed in appendix 1.  If we can establish contact we will be able to send them, or their immediate families, personal invitations.  In addition we are hoping to contact the Masters or families of all the MN and RFA ships in the hope of connecting with even more of those involved.  Please see appendix 2.  We do understand that databases are private but with this advance notice we hope that you can facilitate contact in some way. 

 

Any of those wishing to attend are advised to send their application for tickets to the MNA’s National Chairman.  Please note that all those applying for tickets must hold the South Atlantic Medal and must have a permanent United Kingdom address.

 

 

Capt J M R Sail MNI

MNA National Chairman, Ensign House, High Street, Osbournby, Sleaford, NG34 0DG

Tel:  01529 455734,  01205 460917 – Mob: 07739 380717

E-mail:  mna4@sail-mail.net

 

Tim Brant

MNA National Secretary, 9 Saxon Way, Caistor, Market Rasen, LN7 6SG

Tel:  01472 851130

E-mail:  mna@virgin.net
 

Any help you could give in obtaining addresses of those listed below or any other appropriate contacts would be much appreciated. 

 

APPENDIX 1

DECORATED

 

NORTH Captain Ian Harry DSC---Posthumous

BROCKLEHURST Chief Officer John Keith MID

STEWART Chief Engineer James Mailer MID

WILLIAMS Third Engineer Brian Robert QGM

Miss Rosemary Margaret Elsdon (MBE, Senior Nursing Sister, Canberra)

Richard Sydney Barrett (BEM, Chief Stwd, Cable Ship Iris)

Dennis Paul Betts (BEM, AB, tug Irishman)

Alan John Leonard (BEM, Ch Cook, Atlantic Causeway)

 


 

APPENDIX 2

MN SHIPS

 

Alvega                                        Captain         A Lazenby

Anco Charger                             Captain         B Hatton

Astronomer                               Captain         H S Bladen            

Atlantic Causeway                      Captain         M H C Twomey

Atlantic Conveyor                      Captain         I North DSC

Avelona Star                              Captain         H Dyer

Balder London                            Captain         K J Wallace

Baltic Ferry                               Captain         E Harrison

British Avon                              Captain         J W M Guy

British Dart                               Captain         J A N Taylor

British Enterprise 3                  Captain         D Grant

British Esk                                Captain         G Barber

British Tamar                            Captain         W H Hare

British Tay                                Captain         P T Morris

Britist Test                               Captain         T A Oliphant

British Trent                             Captain         P R Walker

British Wye                               Captain         D M Rundle OBE   (Killed in Action)

Canberra                                    Captain         D J Scott-Masson CBE  (Killed in Action)

Contender Bezant                      Captain         A MacKinnon

Eburna                                       Captain         J C Beaumont

Elk                                             Captain         J P Morton CBE  (Killed in Action)

Europic Ferry                            Captain         W J C Clarke OBE  (Killed in Action)

Fort Toronto                             Captain         R I Kinnier

G A Walker                                Captain         E C Metham

Geestport                                  Captain         G F Foster

Iris                                            Captain         A Fulton OBE  (Killed in Action)

Irishman                                    Captain         W Allen

Laertes                                      Captain         H T Reid

Lycaon                                        Captain         H R Lawton

Nordic Ferry                             Captain         R Jenkins

Norland                                     Captain         D A Ellerby CBE  (Killed in Action)

QE2                                           Captain         P Jackson              

St Edmund                                 Captain         M J Stockman

St Helena                                         Captain         M L M Smith

Salvageman                                Captain         A J Stockwell

Saxonia                                      Captain         H Evans

Scottish Eagle                           Captain         A Terras

Stena Inspector                        Captain         D Ede

Stena Seaspread                       Captain         N Williams

Tor Caledonia                            Captain         A Scott

Uganda                                              Captain         J G Clark

Wimpey Seahorse                      Captain         M J Slack OBE  (Killed in Action)

Yorkshireman                            Captain         P Rimmer