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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....

.A LOT HAS  BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME,

& I DONT INTEND TO DUPLICATE THAT HERE ,

SUFFICE TO SAY BELOW IS MY PERSONAL TRIBUTE ,

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISIONS,

WHO FOUGHT AND DIED ,& TO A GREAT EXTENT HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVES , BUT STILL REMAIN KNOWN ONLY UNTO GOD 

SO PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW .....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrouds_of_the_Somme

BELOW  SOMETHING A BIT DIFFERNT 

THIS IS THE 1st ONE OF THESE THAT IVE SEEN FROM THE TRAWLER SECTION

RECENTLY I WAS ABLE TO ACQUIRE Z/515 ROBERT ROWELLS BRITISH WAR MEDAL,

& DECIDED TO PUT TOGETHER THIS TRIBUTE TO HIM, AT THE COLLINGWOOD ,

BATTALION MEMORIAL AT "TARRANT HINTON",BLANDFORD FORUM DORSET, ON THE 6th OF JUNE 2025,

THE MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED ON THE 7th OF JUNE 1919 TO THE OFFICERS & MEN,

OF THE COLLINGWOOD BATTALION OF WHICH OVER 500 MEN WERE EITHER KILLED, OR WOUNDED ON THE 4th OF JUNE 1915 DURING THE 3rd BATTLE OF "KRITHIA",

AT "HELLES" ON THE "GALLIPOLI" PENINSULA, Z/515 ROBERT ROWELL WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WERE KIA ,ON THAT ATTACK AND IS BURIED OUT THERE  AT GALLIPOLI,

AND IS NOW REMEMBERED HERE AT THE MEMORIAL AS WELL AS THE ONE AT, HELLES GALLIPOLI  R.I.P ,

THE PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW , AFTER THE WHITE ENSIGN ,START WITH THE WREATH WE LAID ON NOVEMBER  THE 11th 2024 WHICH WAS STILL THERE, AS SOME KIND, SOUL, HAD WEIGHED IT DOWN TO STOP IT BEING BLOWN AWAY , AND END WITH THE PHOTO I FRAMED  THAT EVENING..............

.WE CAN NOW ADD Da 21191 GAVIN LINDORES,

TO THIS AUGUST COMPANY  INCLUDING AN IMAGE OF HIS VESSEL H.M.S ISLAND PRINCE 

THE ENTRY BELOW IS QUITE A RARITY , AS ALTHOUGH IT IS AN INCOMPLETE SET, AS OFTEN HAPPENS NOWADAYS,

IT IS THE "FIRST" THAT I HAVE SEEN FOR A "SKIPPER"

THERE IS A VERY INTERESTING P.S BETWEEN TS/1346,

EDWARD FOREMAN AND

DA21191& GAVIN LINDORES & 204 WSA .G.H GEORGE HENRY BRYDGES (SKIPPER)

PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW,

IT SEEMS ALL 3 SERVED ON THE SAME VESSEL

HMS ISLAND PRINCE &,

GEORGE BRYDGES WAS EDWARD FOREMANS ,

& GAVIN LINDORES , SKIPPER ?

BELOW SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR A CHANGE  A WW1, BENBOW BATTALION SWEETHEART BROOCH .

SUPERIMPOSED ON A PERIOD MAP OF LE HARVE....

BELOW  WE HAVE A RAMSGATE LAD THE FIRST ONE IVE SEEN FROM THAT NECK OF THE WOODS,

I HAVE A PARTICULAR SOFT SPOT FOR THE MARGATE/ RAMSGATE PART OF KENT

FOR FAMILY REASONS,

BELOW WE HAVE 2 MORE RNR(T)

DECK HANDS JOINING THIS AUGUST   

                      COMPANY 

IT  IS MY HONOUR TO ADD SEAMAN S3/319 GEORGE RELF TO,THIS AUGUST COMPANY  AS I HAVE A REAL ,

SOFT SPOT FOR "SUSSEX RATINGS" BE THEY, R.N.R  OR, R.N.V.R THEY ARE ALL CLOSE TO MY HEART

, AS I WAS A SUSSEX R.N.R RATING MY SELF

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