R I P My darling Husband Gerald Aubrey Strangward who sadly fell asleep in my arms

[Marina Jane]

My Darling fell asleep on the 26th /04 /2012 , he will be greatly missed and loved by myself I just wished that he had been loved and appreciated by one , he knew what they were like I hope that thier demons dont haunt them for all their bad actions against him . He was and still is the greatest Man I have ever known and I will love him deeply and I will miss him untill the end of my voyage has come .

[Keith at Tregenna]

Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped away
into the next room.

I am I,
and you are you;
whatever we were to each other,
that, we still are.

Call me by my old familiar name,
speak to me in the easy way
which you always used,
put no difference in your tone,
wear no forced air
of solemnity or sorrow.

Laugh as we always laughed
at the little jokes we shared together.
Let my name ever be
the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without effect,
without the trace of a shadow on it.

Life means all
that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is unbroken continuity.

Why should I be out of mind
because I am out of sight?

I am waiting for you,
for an interval,
somewhere very near,
just around the corner.

All is well.

Henry Scott Holland
1847 -1918

http://www.wowzone.com/death.htm

K.

[Tony Morcom]

Whilst not knowing Gerald personally it is always sad to hear of another of our great merchant seamen who have crossed to bar. My sincere condolences Marina.

[Marina Jane]

Would love to know from anyone that knew Gerald ( Taff ) or that sailed with him !
,anyone with any info or old photos I would be very grateful to hear from you . his loving wife Marina

[Keith at Tregenna]

Marina,

If we can assist in your grief, all will. personally am not in the picture, but care. Hopefully, many will add more towards closure:

TAKE ALL CARE YOURSELF.

Many are here for you !

K.

[Marina Jane]

Thank you !

[Keith at Tregenna]

Here for you as far as possible:

I wish: I could offer more than words:

Look for me in Rainbows:

Time for me to go now, I won't say goodbye;
Look for me in rainbows, way up in the sky.
In the morning sunrise when all the world is new,
Just look for me and love me, as you know I loved you.

Time for me to leave you, I won't say goodbye;
Look for me in rainbows, high up in the sky.
In the evening sunset, when all the world is through,
Just look for me and love me, and I'll be close to you.

It won't be forever, the day will come and then
My loving arms will hold you, when we meet again.

Time for us to part now, we won't say goodbye;
Look for me in rainbows, shining in the sky.
Every waking moment, and all your whole life through
Just look for me and love me, as you know I loved you.

Just wish me to be near you,
And I'll be there with you.

K.

[Doc Vernon]

Hello Marina
Not knowing your dear Hubby,i would however also like to send my very Sincere Condolences to you and any other of the Family that will miss him dearly!
Sad to loose anyone especially if he or she was an ex Seaman or Sea Woman!
May the wind now fill his sails and take him to all those lovely places i know he must have so loved!
Be brave and take Heart to know that he is in good care,where he now lies!
You will one day again meet of this i am sure!
This life is just the start of greater things to come!
Sincerley
Doc

[Kenneth Kenny]

Marina,The Liverpool F.C.Song.May He Rest In Peace .Take Care From Ken.

[Keith at Tregenna]

APPEAL TO ALL HANDS TO HELP !


“His Name Was Gerald Aubrey Strangward ”

“WE REMEMBER THEM”
Ships of The British Merchant Navy
Captains and Crew and loved ones.
Including the lesser well known,
“May they not be forgotten”.

Her name was SS. She was a lady of the waves, named: Marsland , Montreal City, Teviot, Eastern City, Lombardy, Walter Scott, Dalton Hall, British Earl, Ledbury, Avisvale , Regent Hawk, Argentine Transport, Beachmore, Westmeath, Santander, La Pampa.+

Whatever her title she was not designed intentionally to face enemy action or disaster.

She was generally a Steam ship: born or rather built to serve her masters, carry safely her crew, passengers and cargo in or out of conflict along with her fellow MN Merchant Ships supply a Nation.

Those who sailed upon her leaving families and loved ones ashore, at home, behind them and often during such conflict alone and forever. Many that promised to remember them, are here no more,

Re-united possibly as time has gone by. The ships, travelers and crews, sail on in a
different world now and loved ones hopefully passage eternally with those brave men
and voyagers once more.

It was a hard way to earn a crust, especially during Wartime, with so many vessels
seeking safe haven. With often her journeys end not reached and a final resting place,
the Ocean bed and no known grave but the sea, for the men, women and boys or
children that sailed these graceful steel ladies. “We must remember them all”. The
many that survived attacks by those that would do them harm, haunted forever by the
sights and sounds of ships and fellow men of the sea becoming extinct in such a
horrible way and those that escaped the hunters time and time again, with no thought
of giving in will always remember “These men that died to save us all”.

We, as an island race, are steeped in Maritime history and owe so much to so many,
the Merchant Navy have until recently seemed to be the forgotten service, the
back bone of our country’s Navy, yet a distant relative when the honours are
bestowed. These good men worked for a living, for bread and butter and maybe a love
of the sea, others just to work, as times were hard. Whatever reason seamen sail, they
expect at some time to go home. Faced with the hardships of life at sea, many would
be deterred from such a life. To sail knowing that any voyage could be the last, facing
war time dangers and a watery grave, did not deter these brave men and our Maritime
life line was kept open by these sailors from many homes and ports.

Many sail what can be a “Cruel Sea”, not always in times of conflict, we ask that our
God will “Bless this Ship and all who Sail In Her” at a launch and many pray for a
safe voyage and early return for vessels leaving harbour. All ships and crew from
liners to fishing vessels, rowing boat to super tanker, require safe passage, a flag to fly
under and protection from danger. Safe harbour to rest in and when tragedy occurs a
lifeboat to help them. We pray for the safety, support those that may rescue and ask
our god to guide and protect. But we must also remember, LEST WE FORGET.

In Memory of Gerald Aubrey Strangward

Those Good Men and the women and children, still not Home From the Sea and those of all lost from this world with “No Known Grave but the Sea” the many just not remembered or just forgot and un-commemorated in an unattended grave.

We shall Remember Them.

K.
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