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FRIENDS

OF THE

ROYAL NAVAL

DIVISIONS IN WW1........................

THE PHOTO ABOVE LEFT IS ,

J. HOBBS

COLLINGWOOD BATTALION RND

AND ABOVE RIGHT ,

CHARLES PRIOR

.HAWKE BATTALION RND

BOTH INTERNEES

IN HOLLAND 1914-19

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THE. NEXT TO JOIN & BE REMEMBERED IS FREDERICK ALDERMAN WHO SEEMS TO HAVE HAD SEVERAL CHANGES IN HIS CAREER,

HE HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS A PRIVATE IN C COMPANY 3RD BATTALION HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT,SPECIAL RESERVE,

HE THEN JOINED THE RN AS A STOKER ? IN 1909 OR THERE ABOUTS

AND AS WAR BROKE OUT HE JOINED THE RANKS OF SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS AS A LOT DID,

IN SEPTEMBER 1914 HE WAS DRAFTED TO DRAKE BATTALION ,

AND TOOK PART IN THE DEFENCE OF ANTWERP , HENCE THE MONS STAR EVENTUALY HE WENT BACK TO THE RN AND WITH HIS TIME IN THE ROYAL FLEET RESERVES HE GOT THE LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.

BELOW ARE HIS MEDALS

IT IS WITH A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE &

GRATITUDE THAT I CAN ADD

THE MEDALS OF ACTING P.O C.1/2654 EDWARD VEITCH TO THIS AUGUST COMPANY OF HEROES .

WELCOME EDWARD YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN

THIS POST IS THE START OF A FEW NEW MEMBERS AND THEIR MEDALS SO IT IS WITH PRIDE THAT I CAN ADD THE FIRST THAT BEING ......

THOMAS HENRY HANSON TO THIS AUGUST COMPANY , NOW THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHERS AS THOMAS WAS ONE OF THE RND ,THAT DIDNT MAKE IT TO INTERNMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS OR BACK TO BLIGHTY.

AS YOU CAN SEE FROM HIS CARD ON THE RIGHT, HE WAS A POW IN GERMANY !! AND THE GERMAN POW CAMPS WERE WORSE THAN OTHERS .