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13 October 2008
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ORD John Patrick. Commander RN (in 1957): Seeking any information concerning this man or his kin, please contact Mrs S Vanstone at: Lineforce Probate Ltd

HMS Osprey: Sid recently visited Weymouth and Portland and was dissapointed to find the old HMS Osprey had been demolished. He served at Osprey during 1961 and has not got any pictures of it, or indeed, East Camp where a lot of the exercises were carried out. He would be obliged if anyone has any photographs that he could copy and return or electronic copies they could send him. Contact Sid Anning

Land Army: Seeking an ex-Womens Land Army girl, a wren by the name of Amy Colleen Guildford from Bromley, Kent who married Tommy Lee in the 1960s and emigrated to Australia. If anyone knows her whereabouts could they contact Doug Shepherd

HMS Obdurate, WWII: On behalf of a relative, Pete Norris is trying to find out what happened to Cyril Blake who came from Caister, Great Yarmouth. He served in HMS Obdurate. His body was never returned home and exactly what happened has remained a mystery. If anyone can remember Cyril, or even better, what happened to him could they contact Pete

James O'Donnell is trying to find any information about his fathers, also James O'Donnell, Royal Naval career. He served in the Navy from 1942 to 47 in various ships - Raleigh, Drake, Nile (Sphinx and Canopus), St Angelo, Euroclydon, Stag (Port Said), Stage (Abbassia), Phoerivian and Ajax. Any information to James

HMS/m Oswald sunk by the Italian destroyer Vivaldi in August 1940. William George Chaff, Uncle of Angela Brooke was one of the three that died. Does anyone have a photograph of the crew at that time? Angela is also trying to locate his widow and son. William married Dorothy Bryant in Stoke Damarel in 1931 when he was serving in HMS Malaya and their son David George was born in 1939. Dorothy may have married an Australian Serviceman named Burgess after William's death. Any information contact Mrs Angela Brooke

HMS/M Onyx - I am looking for any pictures taken during HMS/M Onyx's 3 month deployment to Canada and the USA in late 1990. I was on board for this trip but never took any pictures of the visit to Halifax, St Johns or Boston. I will gladly pay any reprint costs. Please contact Richard 'Buck' Taylor

Minesweeping Trawler Ouse, mined in Tobruk Harbour, 20th february 1941. Seeking survivors of this ship. My uncle, Walter Ellis was one of those killed. Contact Malcolm H Ellis

 
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