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Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941
Posted by: Mark McShane ()
Date: April 30, 2012 07:41AM

kathy allan Wrote:
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> MY DAD WAS ONE F THE SURVIVORS FROM THE SS
> LAPWING, MY FAMILY AND I VISITED CLIFFDEN AND ALSO
> WALKED AROUND THE CHURCH WHERE THE PHILLIPINO
> SEAMAN IS BURIED. I HAVE AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT
> HAPPENED WRITTEN BY MY DAD AND A COPY OF THE
> NAVIGATION TO REACH IRELAND BY CAPTAN KLEMP, THERE
> IS A COPY OF THIS ACCOUNT IN THE LIBRARY IN
> DUBLIN. ALL THE SURVIVORS WHERE TREATED TO TEA AND
> BISCUITS BY THE McNAMARA FAMILY WHO LIVE IN
> CLIFFDEN AND WHO OWN THE COTTAGE WHERE ALL THE
> SEAMEN STAYED AFTER THEY WHER PICKED UP. A LOVELY
> FAMILY TO WHOM I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL. MY DADS
> NAME WAS THOMAS CAMPBELL WHO WAS JUST 17 YEARS OLD
> AT THE TIME.

Hi Kathy,

Many thanks for your message, I wish we could have started to correspond a couple of years earlier. I will send you an email later todayregarding your father & Lapwing.

Kind regards,

Mark

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Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/09/2009 03:33PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Rainer 05/10/2009 12:50PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/11/2009 07:53PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/11/2009 08:39PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Rainer 05/11/2009 09:41PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/11/2009 09:52PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 jcrt 05/11/2009 06:17PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 jcrt 05/11/2009 06:51PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/11/2009 08:01PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Rainer 05/11/2009 10:36PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/11/2009 11:24PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Rainer 05/12/2009 08:27PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/12/2009 09:05PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/12/2009 10:40PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Steve Pimentil 06/06/2011 10:25PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 kathy allan 04/29/2012 11:54PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 04/30/2012 07:41AM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Steve Pimentil 06/06/2011 10:51PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 Mark McShane 06/07/2011 02:12PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th September 1941 jcrt 05/12/2009 05:29PM
Attack on HG-73, 26th / 27th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/12/2009 07:06PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th / 27th September 1941 Rainer 05/12/2009 08:16PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th / 27th September 1941 Mark McShane 05/12/2009 09:12PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th / 27th September 1941 jcrt 05/13/2009 07:27PM
Re: Attack on HG-73, 26th / 27th September 1941 Maria 06/24/2009 08:04PM


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