domwalsh Posted 7 November , 2014 Author Share Posted 7 November , 2014 Cheers Ph0ebus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphjd Posted 8 November , 2014 Share Posted 8 November , 2014 And Neds photo hangs on my living room wall as part of a Titanic card collection. Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFonz Posted 10 November , 2014 Share Posted 10 November , 2014 The Titanic tragedy was a side interest of mine when I was young, after reading a book by Bob Ballard who found the ship in the mid-80's. I've seen that picture of your great-uncle a hundred times in books. Thank you for sharing his history with us. EDIT: There is a Titanic museum in Tennessee that is very well done. I usually make it up to that part of the country once every couple of years. The next time I am up there, I'll visit the museum again and see if there are any displays featuring your great-uncle's photograph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 11 November , 2014 Author Share Posted 11 November , 2014 Thanks Fonz, appreciate your thoughts on Remembrance Day when I remember not only Ned, but also my grandfather, Pte James Walsh, who lost a leg in WW1 serving in the Warwickshire Regiment, and my great uncle Sgt Joseph Patrick Walsh, who lost an arm. All in our thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5thBatt Posted 11 January , 2015 Share Posted 11 January , 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman5 Posted 10 August , 2015 Share Posted 10 August , 2015 I have just found this thread and i am moved and amazed by it. WOW what a story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 11 November , 2015 Author Share Posted 11 November , 2015 Remembering with pride my great uncle Ned Parfett - the Titanic newspaper boy - who died in France 29 October 1918 aged just 22. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 11 November , 2016 Author Share Posted 11 November , 2016 Great Uncle Ned - remembered with huge pride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 29 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 October , 2018 100 years ago my great uncle Ned - the Titanic newsboy - was killed in France aged 22 as he was about to go home on leave. He never knew that he had been recommended for the MM. Remembered with huge pride and affection by his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 29 October , 2018 Share Posted 29 October , 2018 Not forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandy hall Posted 29 October , 2018 Share Posted 29 October , 2018 Remembering Ned. One of my favourite threads. Mandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 29 October , 2018 Share Posted 29 October , 2018 What a story... just read it through !! He is remembered with pride! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Posted 29 October , 2018 Share Posted 29 October , 2018 I have just read through this thread, what an incredible and moving story, a photo we pretty much all know, and now we have got to know him. Rest in peace Ned, you are not forgotten. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 29 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 29 October , 2018 Thanks guys. Nice to know Ned's sacrifice is not forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteStarLine Posted 29 October , 2018 Share Posted 29 October , 2018 We visited the Titanic Museum in Belfast a few days ago and I thought of Ned. Sad story... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Mackenzie Posted 29 October , 2018 Share Posted 29 October , 2018 Remembering Ned, may he rest in peace. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fattyowls Posted 29 October , 2018 Share Posted 29 October , 2018 A poignant story well told Dom. Not forgotten. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 October , 2018 Share Posted 30 October , 2018 Don't know why I never read this thread before, Dom, but I have now. The day after his 12th birthday my grandfather, John Stemp, was with a school outing on the Isle of Wight when the leacher said, "Look, children! There goes the Titanic." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 30 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 30 October , 2018 So that's another connection we have, Jane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 30 October , 2018 Share Posted 30 October , 2018 4 hours ago, domwalsh said: So that's another connection we have, Jane! Perhaps a tenuous one; but then, although spider-web is very thin its tensile strength is large Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 31 October , 2018 Author Share Posted 31 October , 2018 By the way, have a gander at The Times this coming Saturday (in The Register section) as I've written a piece about my great uncle Ned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 31 October , 2018 Share Posted 31 October , 2018 I may even go and buy a copy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyH Posted 3 November , 2018 Share Posted 3 November , 2018 Dominic, Have just read your tribute to Ned in today's Times, nicely done. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 5 November , 2018 Author Share Posted 5 November , 2018 On 03/11/2018 at 18:16, MikeyH said: Dominic, Have just read your tribute to Ned in today's Times, nicely done. Mike. Thanks Mike. Copy of my article attached. For those who have a subscription to The Times, here's link: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ned-parfett-in-memoriam-titanic-newspaper-seller-whofell-in-the-great-war-mjhn7tkpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 5 November , 2018 Share Posted 5 November , 2018 On 03/11/2018 at 18:16, MikeyH said: Have just read your tribute to Ned in today's Times, nicely done. Indeed. Thanks for putting the article up Dominic. Your article also went down well with a former Times, now freelance & local journalist (Stuart Flitton) who commented enthusiastically ''A terrific piece of journalism" in his newspaper review on BBC Surrey Radio on Saturday (3rd Nov) https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06p4y3x (at appx 2:21:48) NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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