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Happy Birthday to: Bryan Watkins who will be 62 Barry Moore who will be 75 Paul (PC) Cartwright who will be 70 Mick Ward who will be 57 Mick Howells who will be 71

Birthdays!!!!


   On our recent holidays to the West Country/Newquay and surrounding areas, it was good to pay lightening visits to a few Ex LOF friends and shipmates who we haven’t seen for a while. If we missed you – sorry we only had limited time and don’t like to impose […]

Good Meet-Up …..






Thank you to Bob Blake, Sorry for delayed relaying of info. I attended the service, cremation and reception at Sunderland FC Stadium of Light to celebrate Nick’s life. There was a very good turn out for Nick with what I estimate to have been somewhere in the order of 150 to 200 family […]

Nick Gemmeken RIP Funeral



Apologies, not a lot of news recently, we having returned from our extended Winter break in Thailand and Malaysia – back to the cold again. Our thanks for the Christmas cards, we missed some as we went away 16th December. Spoke with Ex Ch/Eng Bob Stinchcombe this week, he and […]

Not A Lot of News….



Thanks to John Howarth. Nick passed away in hospital on Sunday 14th February. He sailed as 3rd Off during the late 70’s and 80’s The funeral will be held on Friday 26th February. Details of the funeral will be posted on the announcement page of the Sunderland Echo website this […]

Sad passing away of Ex 3rd Off Nick Gemmekin