Fly the Red Ensign for Merchant Navy Day on 3 September

[Nick Harvey]

Seafarers UK is making its annual call for flagpole owners to ‘Fly the Red Ensign for Merchant Navy Day’ on 3 September. This year, as flag-hoisting ceremonies and public gatherings are looking unlikely due to local lockdowns and other Covid-19 preventative measures, the charity is simply asking for the UK Merchant Navy’s official ensign to be flown ashore in as many places as possible. Local authorities and councils that got involved last year are already included on the ‘Roll of Honour’ at https://www.seafarers.uk/merchant-na...hant-navy-day/ Others are encouraged to register their participation online, to receive a Commemorative Certificate. Please spread the word to help raise public awareness of our maritime nation’s ongoing dependence on merchant seafarers!

[Keith at Tregenna]

Thanks Nick,

Getting close now, though different this year,
there will be much going on though in a
lesser scale.

All the best, Keith.

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[Keith at Tregenna]

VIA: The Merchant Navy Association Liverpool Merseyside Branch.

Hi shipmates some information just received :

The Anniversary service for the:
MV Derbyshire sadly has been cancelled in regards to Cov 19 .

However Merchant Navy Day service at Liverpool Parish Church St Nicholas will go ahead on Sunday September 6th at Midday 12:00hrs , the service will be held in the church garden unless the weather raining will be inside , we hope to still have the walk down to the MN Memorial weather permitting:

Regards
Bill Anderson MNM
Chairman MNA Liverpool Branch

[Keith at Tregenna]

Met a chap earlier, odd here to see a red ensign flying apart from remembrance / commemoration days etc here,
I had to knock on his door and ask more, took a different route to go shopping tonight and could not fail to notice
a red ensign flying above the roof of what I now know to be his home. I will try and get a picture next time. To cut
a short story long, he is still serving and fly's the ensign always when he is at home.

He was a bit wary on first mention of the flag on the roof but, later added I was the first to notice it was the red ensign,
people I guess all over do things in an own way, this guy does not live at Buck house or Windsor castle but, his mates
know when he is at home from the sea.

Keith.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Advance Notice

MN Day, 3rd September 2020

1030 for 11am.

This will be our first MN Day after the unveiling of the Monument 12 months earlier.

We will hold our annual MN Day service on the Hoe, with a particular reference to the voyage of the Mayflower.

Plymouth MN Monument Home Page: The Plymouth Merchant Navy Monument - Home Page

[Keith at Tregenna]

Merchant Navy Day On 3 September Will See Red Ensigns Flown Across The UK.

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Seafarers UK is calling on flagpole owners throughout the UK to support the charity’s annual ‘Fly the Red Ensign for Merchant Navy Day’ campaign.

Last year the UK Merchant Navy’s official flag was flown at more than one thousand locations ashore, including by Prime Minister Boris Johnson at No. 10 Downing Street.

https://www.marineinsight.com/shippi...x5yV-bEyCE2IVc

[Phil Hughes]

Seafarers UK is making its annual call for flagpole owners to ‘Fly the Red Ensign for Merchant Navy Day’ on 3 September. Local authorities and councils that got involved last year are already included on the ‘Roll of Honour’ at https://www.seafarers.uk/merchant-na...hant-navy-day/ Others are encouraged to register their participation online, to receive a Commemorative Certificate. Please spread the word to help raise public awareness of our maritime nation’s ongoing dependence on merchant seafarers!

I can ensure you that the Red Ensign will be flying again from the 3 main towns of Ramsgate, Margate, Birchington in East Kent on September 3rd; with wreaths laid by the Independent Vindicatrix of East Kent Association and the Marine Officers of Thanet plus press reports / letters in the local newspapers. We will remember them.
Phil.

[Graham King]

Seafarers UK is making its annual call for flagpole owners to ‘Fly the Red Ensign for Merchant Navy Day’ on 3 September. Local authorities and councils that got involved last year are already included on the ‘Roll of Honour’ at https://www.seafarers.uk/merchant-na...hant-navy-day/ Others are encouraged to register their participation online, to receive a Commemorative Certificate. Please spread the word to help raise public awareness of our maritime nation’s ongoing dependence on merchant seafarers!

I will be flying the flag but as usual it will be from my flat window as no pole available.

[Keith at Tregenna]

With few public flag-hoisting ceremonies being organised this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Seafarers UK is asking local authorities, councils, businesses and organisations with flagpoles at their premises to fly a Red Ensign on 3 September.

The symbolic act of flying a Red Ensign ashore provides a timely opportunity to raise public awareness of the UK’s ongoing dependence on all merchant seafarers.

VIA: Cobseo today.

https://www.cobseo.org.uk/merchant-n...across-the-uk/

[Keith at Tregenna]

Will you be flying a Red Ensign ashore on Merchant Navy Day 3 September?

A new guide to taking part is available to read online or download. This recognises that public gatherings will not be appropriate this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But highlights the opportunity for Red Ensigns to be proudly flown on civic buildings to show widespread support for all those merchant seafarers on whom the UK depends for the import of food, fuel, medicines and other essential goods.

https://uk-ports.org/will-you-be-fly...y-3-september/