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Phil Raggett wrote on 23 August 2019 at 10:27 am
On behalf of my Father - Peter William Raggett - Stoker . Best wishes lads . My father kept a lot to himself about his service but you could tell how proud he was to have served with the Dido crew . I do remember him saying that the only time he was allowed on deck was at night to have a smoke . Kept up the stuyvesants till 1999 and a ripe age of 79
On behalf of my Father - Peter William Raggett - Stoker . Best wishes lads . My father kept a lot to himself about his service but you could tell how proud he was to have served with the Dido crew . I do remember him saying that the only time he was allowed on deck was at night to have a smoke . Kept up the stuyvesants till 1999 and a ripe age of 79... Collapse
Paul Dargan wrote on 9 June 2019 at 8:26 pm
My father William James Dennis Dargan served aboard the HMS Dido during WW2 in the engine room and manning the ack ack during combat. He passed away three years ago. 7 months after his passing the Russian emissary to the UK turned up at my mums to present him with a medal for service to Russia during the Arctic convoys
My father William James Dennis Dargan served aboard the HMS Dido during WW2 in the engine room and manning the ack ack during combat. He passed away three years ago. 7 months after his passing the Russian emissary to the UK turned up at my mums to present him with a medal for service to Russia during the Arctic convoys... Collapse
Derek Priest wrote on 31 May 2019 at 8:06 pm
Wishing all those attending and those, like myself, absent. A happy and successful 2019 reunion at Livermead Hotel, Torquay. Sad to say cannot make this year. Regards Shipmates Derek & Jude Priest.
Wishing all those attending and those, like myself, absent. A happy and successful 2019 reunion at Livermead Hotel, Torquay. Sad to say cannot make this year. Regards Shipmates Derek & Jude Priest.... Collapse
David H Parry wrote on 24 May 2019 at 4:45 pm
HMS Dido was the ship adopted by the town of Bolton, my hometown in Lancashire as her WWII wartime namesake had been before her. In the early 1970s, 1972 I think, my mum and me heard she was coming to Salford Docks for a goodwill visit, and so went to see her. It rained. I was only about 6yrs old at the time. We toured the ship. It was great. I think my mum was chatted up by a sailor, so she kinda liked the trip too. I loved everything technical and still recall the trip and the big ship...... Read more
HMS Dido was the ship adopted by the town of Bolton, my hometown in Lancashire as her WWII wartime namesake had been before her. In the early 1970s, 1972 I think, my mum and me heard she was coming to Salford Docks for a goodwill visit, and so went to see her. It rained. I was only about 6yrs old at the time. We toured the ship. It was great. I think my mum was chatted up by a sailor, so she kinda liked the trip too. I loved everything technical and still recall the trip and the big ship... and how much like 'coming home' it felt going up the walkway from the dock. An odd feeling! I have a leaflet from the visit somewhere. The one thing I do recall is that a sailor lifted me up so I could ring the ship's bell as I couldn't reach... and when I rang it, I must have been a bit 'too excited' and the bell broke from its mounting, fell and bounced along the deck with a loud bonging noise and ALMOST bounced over the side into the dirty water of the docks. I was stood there with the rope and clapper in my little hand, watching the bell bounce around, before another sailor grabbed it! I thought I'd broke the ship! I'd like to officially say 'Sorry'' now as I may have been too little and too shocked at the time to say sorry then. I was only 6. Sorry. Apart from breaking the RN ship, it was a great trip. My family have a connection to the sea going way back to N Wales, but we lived in Bolton then. I later became a temporary crew member aboard a merchant ship accompanying a cargo out from Liverpool to the Eastern Med. I never forgot that incident with the bell on Dido and so avoided that cargo vessel's bell just in case! Golden moments... Best Wishes to all.... Collapse
ROBIN FREEMAN wrote on 28 February 2019 at 8:06 am
My name was removed you have my email now
My name was removed you have my email now... Collapse
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