Sadly Chris crossed the bar on 4th May 2020 – No other details at this time. Mark Rutley has written a short summary of Chris’s Naval career and this can be found in the members section under crossed the bar.
R.I.P.
Crossed the Bar – Ex WORS(SM) Terry Cockbill – Non Member
Terry (Brum), Sadly Crossed the Bar on Monday 6th April 2020
R.I.P.
Crossed the Bar – Ex CCY Hugh O’Donnell – Non Member
Hugh, sadly crossed the bar in Southampton on Monday 2nd March 2020
R.I.P.
Crossed the Bar – Ex Lt Cdr (SD)(C) Peter Sckrzypczak Mem No: 951
Peter crossed the bar on Wednesday 25th March. The following was sent by his wife:
“Sadly Peter passed away on Wednesday with his family beside him. We are not able to have a proper funeral at this time just a graveside ceremony on 8th April with just 5 family members. We will however hold a Thanksgiving service for Peter later in the year.”
Peter was known and well liked by many members of our Association. Details of the Thanksgiving service will be published in the members section when known.
R.I.P.
Crossed the Bar – Ex S/Lt Fred Sampson – Mem No: 1211
It has sadly been reported that S/Lt Fred Sampson crossed the bar on 1st December 2019.
R.I.P.
Crossed the Bar – Ex CCY Ken Read – Membership No. 665
One of our Australian members, Ken crossed the bar on Sunday 9th Feb and his funeral was held at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth on 21 Feb. Representatives from the Submarine and Ganges associations attended. Ken was a regular contributor to the RNCCA. His son has kindly sent an Obituary which I have published in the members section.
R.I.P.
Crossed the Bar – Ex CRS Ken Taylor – Membership No 007
It has been reported that Ken crossed the bar in October 2019. Looking at his membership number he must have been one of our founding members.
R.I.P.
Crossed the Bar – Ex CRS Ken Russell MBE – Membership No. 209
Ken, an active member of the association sadly crossed the bar on Sunday 26th January 2020 after a short stay in Hospital – Funeral details are on the Crossed the Bar Page in the members section.
R.I.P.
Crossed the Bar – Ex CRS(SM) Les Stagpool – Non Member
This was taken from the RNCCA FB page posted by Dave Gibson
Do you know if any Navy Veteran’s who could attend a funeral.
His name is former CRS(SM) Les Stagpool (D146640S) Les served in Ganges, Mercury, Dolphin, Defiance ,Oberon, Otus, FOSM Northwood and Sovereign.
The funeral is at 11.00 Friday 29/11/19 at Chichester Crematorium.
They would appreciate any serving RN or veterans to see him off on his final journey.
Sorry for the short notice.”
R. I. P.
2019 Poppy Appeal – Morse Code Poppy brooch
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