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A tribute to the British Merchant Navy - they also served!

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Merchant Navy Day is held annually on September 3^rd

hall line colours

Cabin Plan

"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them"

Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)

Photos (1)

Here are some more photos. If you have any that you would like to add please get in touch. I do have photos on all of the other pages on the site and I hope you find them of interest.

All the photos below are copyright © and courtesy of Ralph Barker unless otherwise stated.

lounge — The lounge/music-room

cabin — Double-bedstead cabin

the card room — The card-room Courtesy and © Glasgow Archives

cabin view — Single-bedstead cabin Courtesy and © Glasgow Archives

view of the music-room/lounge — The lounge/music-room Courtesy and © Glasgow Archives

another view of the music-room/lounge — Courtesy and © Glasgow Archives The lounge/music-room

Joan Redl

Lady May Almond

Dr Marjorie Miller — Dr. Marjorie Miller

The Simms family — The Simms Family, Mary [left] with Esther, Eileen Simms [centre] with Lisa, David [right]

the sims family in 2011 — Esther, Mary, Lisa, David (2011)

Stubbs and Quantrill — 4th Officer W.Stubbs and Dr. D.Quantrill

Gunner Kennie MacLennan RN — D.E.M.S. R.N. Gunner Kennie MacLennan 6 July 1941

Gunner Hugh M. Porterfield RN — D.E.M.S. R.N. Gunner Hugh M. Porterfield Courtesy of Laura Porterfield

Photo of Kennie MacLennan by William McRobbie and courtesy of Ann Roots. Photo of the City of Cairo [below] from author's file.

ss CITY OF CAIRO — ss CITY OF CAIRO wearing the colours of Bucknall Line.

Horace Dyke Broomby — 3rd engineer, Horace D. Broomby. Photo courtesy, Julia Carr

W.Ferdinand Dieckhaus and son Ferdinand — W. Ferdinand Dieckhaus & son Ferdinand. Courtesy of Peter Dieckhaus

Ferdinand Dieckhaus 2018 — [Peter] Ferdinand Dieckhaus 2018. Courtesy of Peter Dieckhaus

W.Ferdinand Dieckhaus and Avis Dieckhaus — W.Ferdinand Dieckhaus & Avis Dieckhaus. Courtesy of Peter Dieckhaus

Quartermaster Robert Ironside — Quartermaster Robert Ironside. Courtesy of Denis Ironside

Capt Thomas Dunlop McCall — Capt. Thomas D. McCall as a Cadet 1915 - 1918. Courtesy of Tom Miller-McCall

John Tagg — John Tagg (centre), Dolly (left) & Joan (right) Kingston Ontario 1941. Courtesy of Joan Dodsworth Ware

Alfred Donald Miller — A. Donald Miller

Dr. Marjorie Miller

Alfred Donald Miller — A. Donald Miller

The photos above kindly supplied by Margaret Bird niece of A. Donald Miller.

Robert (Tiny) Watts — Left - Robert (Tiny) Watts

Robert (Tiny) Watts — Robert (Tiny) Watts. Courtesy of Ralph Barker

Bob and Ivy Watts — Robert and Ivy Watts

I am grateful to Rebecca Deacon for the above photos of her grandfather who died in No.1 Lifeboat.

Ship's Butcher John Nuttall — Ship's butcher John Nuttall Lost at sea 14/11/1942. Courtesy of Irene Powell

photo of Second Engineer Bob Gerner — 2nd Engineer Bob Gerner. Courtesy of Sarah Quantrill

Assistant Engineer David Dick — Asst Engineer David Dick. Courtesy of Will McArthur

William C. Solomon — William C. Solomon. Lost at sea 4.12.1942. Courtesy of Janet Broomhall

Roland Dodds — Roland Dodds at St. Helena. Courtesy of Lesley Tulloch

Purser Francis McQuone — Purser Francis B. McQuone. Lost at sea 18.11.1942. Courtesy of Carol Compton

Robert Skea

William Stubbs

Stills of Robert Skea and William Stubbs courtesy of Peter Williams Television.

John Tagg — 2nd officer John Tagg. Photo courtesy, Professor John Tagg

William and Mona Rooksby — William and Mona Rooksby. Courtesy of Peter Williams Televison

Robert Ironside — Robert Ironside. Courtesy of Denis Ironside