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.Sometimes when you acquire something ,from E.BAY it comes with a story or a ,

history , &  this is one such case , the model trawler in image one, was  hand built in the ,

1970s - 1980s by Graham James Pritchard  see in photo 2 , now graham sadly passed away some 15 years ago,& his widow Maureen , with their son lee , in photo 3  recently decided to put this model on E.BAY,  & I was lucky enough to, win it , now it was the closest to a ww1 trawler I had ever seen even down to the vessels ,colour scheme, and it was just what I had been looking for , it is totally hand made from scratch & such skill should never be forgotten, nor the makers name , which normally would be forgotten, so its my privilege to be able to share grahams skill with you all ...... 

BELOW WE HAVE THE HONOUR &

PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO ADD ONE 

OF THE UNSUNG HEROES  WHO 

COMMANDED VESSELS OF THE 

     RNR(T)TRAWLER SECTION

 MR . ARTHUR .WILLIAM. JACKSON .

      AS A SKIPPER IN THE R.N.R

AND BELOW  AND BELOW RIGHT

WE HAVE HIS  APPOINTMENT CERTIFICATE 

AS A SKIPPER IN THE R.N.R

BELOW WE HAVE HIS RNR SERVICE DOCUMENTS 

BELOW WE HAVE HIS BOARD OF TRADE   CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY AS A SKIPPER

AND BELOW WE HAVE HIS  CERTIFICATE

TO SHOW HE HAS BEEN ENTERED INTO THE REGISTRY OF THE FLEETWOOD VESSEL OWNERS ASSOCIATION LTD      NAVIGATION COMMITTE ,

                 CERTIFICATE NUMBER 94

BELOW WE HAVE A PAINTING DONE FOR ME      AS A  SPECIAL COMMISSION BY

SOREN HAWKES M.A.  WHO HAS EXHIBITED 

       IN THE ROYAL ACADEMY 

         AND IS A FITTING MEMORIAL TO

  2nd DECK HAND HARRY GEDGE WHO  DIED

        WHILST  HE WAS A CREWMAN

         ON BOARD  HMT DESTINN ON THE                         24th  OF APRIL 1917

                 THANK YOU SOREN.

          YOU ARE A REAL GENTLEMAN

IT'S WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE  THAT  I CAN NOW ADD, SEAMAN  JOHN PIRRIE ,

COLLINGWOOD,BATTALION , R.N.D TO THIS AUGUST COMPANY,

ITS EXTRA SPECIAL AS IT'S ONE MORE , GRONINGEN (H.M.S TIMBERTOWN) LAD THAT'S

BEEN REMEMBERED ............................

ON THE LEFT WE HAVE AN IMAGE  OF THE REVERSE OF SEAMAN J . PIRRIEs MONS STAR 

BELOW WE HAVE A VERY INTERESTING IMAGE ,ON THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE AN IMAGE OF AN ,R.N.D DESPATCH RIDER AT GALLIPOLI

THE IMAGE IS IN THE BOOK "THE " ROYAL NAVAL HANDBOOK 1914-1918"

AND ON THE LEFT THERE IS AN ORIGINAL WW1 PHOTO THAT WAS USED IN THE BOOK .......

There's a very old saying in the, Royal Navy , that when a matelot ,passes away , he has crossed the bar, the poem below was written 

by Lord Alfred Tennyson in 1889 and is where the saying originated.....................

IT'S WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE MIXED WITH A DASH OF HUMILITY THAT AFTER 110 YEARS OF  ,

ROBERT ROWELLS DEATH , I CAN REUNITE  HIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE , WITH AT LEAST ONE OF HIS MEDALS HIS SILVER, BRITISH WAR MEDAL,

I ALSO OWE DAVE SHORT, A VERY BIG THANK YOU

FOR PARTING WITH  ROBERTS SILVER B.W.M

THUS ALLOWING ME TO ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE ,

THANKS DAVE YOUR'E A REAL GENT ..........

AND WITH  THE SAME SENSE OF PRIDE AND A DASH OF, HUMILITY I CAN ADD LAWRIE SIMON TO THIS AUGUST,

COMPANY , INTRESTINGLY WE HAVE AN IMAGE OF THE LAD HIMSELF, AND A COPY OF HIS DEPENDANTS PENSION,

GIVING THE DATE OF HIS DEMISE , AND THE REASON FOR IT....

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