domwalsh Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 In memory of the gallant band who attacked Zeebrugge on St George's Day in 1918, especially members of the 4th Battalion Royal Marines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labeline Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 Remembering Able Seaman Frederick Robert Scott. Killed in action this day 1918. Remembered by his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullochArd Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/searchlives/zeebrugge/filter/type%3Dcommunity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Thompson Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 I had the occasion to visit Zeebrugge during a cruise in 2019 and found and visited the church and graveyard where the headstones and memorials are, very moving indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58 Div Mule Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 The gave the dragon's tail a dammed good twist . 58 DM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 The article that @domwalsh and I put together for the centenary. Not perfect around Frank Pocock's service history I'm afraid - that was my fault... https://liveicomgrshot.blob.core.windows.net/jrnmsfiles/articles/413_jrnms_104_131.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 (edited) Could I add a mention for Arthur Henry Cassell AB MID, normally serving on HMS Hindustan who was on Vindictive that day, and is now commemorated with so many others on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. His family lived in Jessie Road Southsea, and he is additionally remembered with pride on his grandparent's headstone in Portsmouth's Kingston Cemetery. The register gives a later address for his parents. Edited 23 April , 2020 by keithmroberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRC Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 Leading Seaman Daniel Allan Bowthorpe, HMS Vindictive, died of his wounds on the 24th April 1918 at Dover Hospital and is buried in Norwich. Leading Seaman Daniel Allan Bowthorpe (Norwich) Zeebrugge Raid 1918 by Moominpappa06, on Flickr Leading Seaman Bowthorpe - HMS Vindictive - 1918 by Moominpappa06, on Flickr At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we shall remember them. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 Remembering Captain Henry Halahan RN, formerly CO of the RN Siege Guns on the Belgian Coast (my avatar), in command of the naval raiding force, who was killed by machine gun fire on the false deck of Vindictive as the ship approached the Mole and he stepped out of cover to supervise the deployment of the landing brows. Buried at sea off the Goodwin Sands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johntanner Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyH Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 BillyH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 (edited) Edited 23 April , 2020 by RaySearching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 23 April , 2020 Share Posted 23 April , 2020 (edited) Two survivors from VINDICTIVE: Surgeon Henry St Clair Colson, photographed 1904; Staff Surgeon James McCutcheon, SMO to the raid, photographed 1910 as a Surgeon. Edited 23 April , 2020 by seaJane reduce size of images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 24 April , 2020 Author Share Posted 24 April , 2020 22 hours ago, johntanner said: The sergeant recommended for a decoration was Norman Finch who got the VC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 5 June , 2020 Share Posted 5 June , 2020 From Local sources Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TullochArd Posted 13 June , 2020 Share Posted 13 June , 2020 (edited) Attached is a (rather poor) copy of an article from Rawtenstall's 'Rossendale Free Press' regarding 1st A.M. Frank Trippier RNAS which records his contribution during the Zeebrugge Raid. We know from ADM 137/3894 that Frank Trippier was one of three Vindictive mechanics in Lt Hewitt's "Large Flammenwerfers, smoke and rockets" group and, prior to the operation, was a member of the Admiralty Experimental Station at Stratford. Lt Hewitt's 1919 report of the raid also mentions that the large fixed flame-thrower was put out of action by shellfire which tally's with the account of Frank Trippier's wounds in the newspaper account. The photo (IWM) shows the Morris Static Flame Projector during training. Frank Trippier is quite possibly one of the men shown. However a photo of Frank Trippier has yet to found I'm hoping that there might be a surviving group photo (similar to Stiletto-33853 excellent photo above) tucked away in an album somewhere that identifies him ……… Edited 13 June , 2020 by TullochArd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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