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Re: HMS Ibis
Posted by:
Brian Yallop
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Date: February 22, 2021 10:59AM
B Yallop Wrote:
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> My late father George Yallop was on Radar on HMS
> "Ibis" when it got sunk. He had to swim for
> several hours prior to being picked up by a
> Russian cruiser and was later transferred to
> Gibralter. In 1942 he was awarded the DSM for his
> part in the North Africa campaign.
> I have two photos of crewe members and a list of
> crewe members who lost their lives on that fateful
> day.
> He was enjoying a quiet drink in a pub in Romford
> one day and, much to his surprise, met a crewe
> member from HMS Ibis, Jock Murray last seen 39
> years ago, this meeting was recorded in the
> Romford Observer 13 February 1981. He was also in
> touch with the commander of HMS Ibis, Geoffrey
> Marr, who went on to become commander of the
> "Queen Elizabeth", and took her to her final
> resting place in waters off Hong Kong.
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> My late father George Yallop was on Radar on HMS
> "Ibis" when it got sunk. He had to swim for
> several hours prior to being picked up by a
> Russian cruiser and was later transferred to
> Gibralter. In 1942 he was awarded the DSM for his
> part in the North Africa campaign.
> I have two photos of crewe members and a list of
> crewe members who lost their lives on that fateful
> day.
> He was enjoying a quiet drink in a pub in Romford
> one day and, much to his surprise, met a crewe
> member from HMS Ibis, Jock Murray last seen 39
> years ago, this meeting was recorded in the
> Romford Observer 13 February 1981. He was also in
> touch with the commander of HMS Ibis, Geoffrey
> Marr, who went on to become commander of the
> "Queen Elizabeth", and took her to her final
> resting place in waters off Hong Kong.