Biographical Notes Basil (‘Baz’) Thompson was born in December 1915 in South Yorkshire, the third child (and second son) of Henry, a collier, and Edith. He worked briefly as a…
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Biographical Notes Mentioned in Watson Report: “This man had both legs broken and badly injured when he was taken aboard the raft. He died towards the end of the first…
I am grateful to Paul Soper, who provided the photographs. The following is an extract of an e-mail from Paul…
Click here for photos of Lt-Commander Sowdon and his daughter, Anne at the Trafalgar Day Navy March, Melbourne, in 1932 Biographical Notes Lieutenant-Commander Ronald Montague Haigh Sowdon RN Born…
The following was published on HMS Royal Oak website (My husband’s great uncle) Leonard though surviving the sinking of the Royal Oak unfortunately went down 11 months later on HMS…