horatio2 Posted 25 January , 2015 Share Posted 25 January , 2015 There is an attestation pack of papers for MERRITT at the Fleet Air Arm Museum - research@fleetairarm.com ADM 159 single ledger page record here:- http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7784271 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimOak Posted 25 January , 2015 Share Posted 25 January , 2015 Thanks I have a copy of Adm 159 will have to look into the Fleet Air Arm papers. Are they not not covered by the 100 year rule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 25 January , 2015 Share Posted 25 January , 2015 No. See http://www.fleetairarm.com/royal-navy-royal-marines-services-records.aspx for more details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 26 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 26 January , 2015 I will look Frank up in my card index. I have a photo of his grave and a photo of his platoon taken before the raid, though sadly I do not know which one he is.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimOak Posted 26 January , 2015 Share Posted 26 January , 2015 Thanks any info would be appreciated. Is there anything that I can assist you with? I have his service record which is mostly legible plus family info, sadly no pictures, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 28 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 28 January , 2015 Turns out Frank Merritt was a stretcher bearer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 12 October , 2015 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2015 Hi all. The purchaser of Lot 1007 at the recent Fellows auction - an MSM group to Cr Sgt Charles Kerr RMLI, who fought at Zeebrugge - might was to get in contact as I have research and other items of interest. Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 12 October , 2015 Author Share Posted 12 October , 2015 This thread appears to have been moved to Western Front. Can it be moved to something more appropriate, like ships & navies perhaps? Cheers. Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28juni14 Posted 16 October , 2015 Share Posted 16 October , 2015 On the subject of the Zeebrügge Mole: Can anyone tell me exactly where the Flak position was located? I can ascertain it contained (2) 3,7cm Maschinenkanonen, and was emplaced somewhere beyond the artillery observation station for the Batterie Friedrichsort. MFG J. Müller / 28juni14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 11 November , 2015 Author Share Posted 11 November , 2015 Could I ask the mods to put this thread somewhere more appropriate? Western Front isn't right. Many thanks. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 11 November , 2015 Share Posted 11 November , 2015 Dom, I suggest sending Keith Roberts or Alan Curragh or Kate Wills a PM as I am not sure they will pick this up otherwise. sJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 12 November , 2015 Author Share Posted 12 November , 2015 Thanks, will do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28juni14 Posted 13 November , 2015 Share Posted 13 November , 2015 Marinekorps Flandern were involved in much more than the St.George's Day raid. Are you not aware of Operation "Strandfest" on the Yser River ? You would cast that as a naval activity? How about the Korps air arm? Perhaps you should consider that alternative also. The simple truth is the Western Front contained a salient caused by the German occupation of the Belgium coast line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 15 September , 2016 Author Share Posted 15 September , 2016 Still on the hunt for Zeebrugge men photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDWARD1 Posted 15 September , 2016 Share Posted 15 September , 2016 Are the attached of use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted 18 September , 2016 Share Posted 18 September , 2016 I have studied the Zeebrugge Raid a bit, as I am interested in Great War flamethrowers (my father was a German flame-thrower soldier), and the British used flame-throwers at Zeebrugge. I remember reading about a cutlass duel on the mole between a British officer (?) and a German naval petty officer, perhaps from one of the ships berthed on the opposite side of the mole. Ring anyone's bell? Must have been one of the last sword duels of the Great War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 19 September , 2016 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2016 I have that photo thanks Edward1, but appreciate the thought. Hi Bob. Yes, there was a story of such a duel. I can't lay my hand on it, but I seem to recall that the name of the purported British participant didn't tally.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 19 September , 2016 Share Posted 19 September , 2016 It's on pp 121-122 of Deborah Lake's 'The Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids 1918'. Claims that it was Harrison did not tally with witness accounts of his death, leaving Brock as the likeliest contender, assuming, of course, that it actually happened. It certainly sounds like Brock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 19 September , 2016 Author Share Posted 19 September , 2016 3 hours ago, SiegeGunner said: It's on pp 121-122 of Deborah Lake's 'The Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids 1918'. Claims that it was Harrison did not tally with witness accounts of his death, leaving Brock as the likeliest contender, assuming, of course, that it actually happened. It certainly sounds like Brock. Thanks SiegeGunner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28juni14 Posted 26 March , 2017 Share Posted 26 March , 2017 Attn: Bob Lembke! Sorry, I failed to notice your post earlier. The hand-to-hand cutlass action you've refereed to did indeed take place. The Torpedoboot crewman was Seaman Künne, while the English officer is unknown, some like to think it was Harrison. I've never understood why Künne didn't use the P06 he was carrying along with the boarding cutlass; perhaps he had already emptied all three magazines. As an added note, a WW2 destroyer was given his name in honor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted 4 April , 2017 Share Posted 4 April , 2017 On 3/25/2017 at 22:27, 28juni14 said: Attn: Bob Lembke! Sorry, I failed to notice your post earlier. The hand-to-hand cutlass action you've refereed to did indeed take place. The Torpedoboot crewman was Seaman Künne, while the English officer is unknown, some like to think it was Harrison. I've never understood why Künne didn't use the P06 he was carrying along with the boarding cutlass; perhaps he had already emptied all three magazines. As an added note, a WW2 destroyer was given his name in honor. Thanks for your input. Did Kuenne survive the combat and battle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28juni14 Posted 4 April , 2017 Share Posted 4 April , 2017 He did not, he was found lying near the Brit officer. Incidentally, I note your comprehension of the Umlaut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted 4 April , 2017 Share Posted 4 April , 2017 2 minutes ago, 28juni14 said: He did not, he was found lying near the Brit officer. Incidentally, I note your comprehension of the Umlaut. Since US Naval Intelligence almost put my mother and I in a camp (lLager) in the US in 1942, my parents did not allow me to learn German when I was a child, although it was spoken at home. I learned to speak it when I was working for the US Department of State (and other actors) in Ljubljana, Slovenija in 1967; Slovene is very hard, much more than Serbo-Croatian (which I learned later), so as almost everyone there at that time spoke German, I started to use it. When I found my father's and grand-father's letters from the front, in 2000, I taught myself to read German, and also the old hand-writing systems. I have estimated that since 2000 I have read almost 10,000 hours in German. If I have done that and was not aware of the Umlauts, I would be a sad puppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazunitec Posted 6 April , 2017 Share Posted 6 April , 2017 Dom... This was my Grandfather Thomas Jones. He was at the Zeebrugge raid. I have no idea in what capacity (He served on HMS Canada before and after the raid and then after demob was on the Archangel expedition I don't seem to be able to find much info about his war time service or afterwards other than the service sheet on the NA website and a copy of a letter he recieved confirming his entry into the VC ballot for the raid at Zeebrugge. If you or anyone else have any info I would be very interested to see it! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 August , 2017 Share Posted 25 August , 2017 Dom Did Evan Redman ch17894 take part in the raid, his SC does not confirm so, but mentions taking part in the ballot for the VC? Ernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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