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3rd April 2017, 09:18 AM
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Re: vindicatrix-looking for anyone
h i stan where did you come from im from wigan have you any recolections of the vindi and my dis number wasR648566
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3rd April 2017, 07:34 PM
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James Gallagher
jim i dont know if i replied to this post so not being long at this computer game here it is again.my first ship after vindi was 1 4 56 ,so im thinking since i wasnt there in dec i must have been at the vindi in 1956.,,.we could have been there at the same time .do you think. my discharge number wasR648566.i remember gravesend boxing team came only once a year ,and they where there when i was there. so maybe there is a clue there somewhere. i think i was 16 and a half in jan of 1956 . sorry to be a pain just ignore me if you like cheers jim
I was at the vindicatrix April /may. 1956. R 648869. Can't recal a lot mated up with a lad from Birkenhead. Sadly. Heard he died some years back. Name of John maguinnes. I'm from Liverpool.cheers Brian Kelly' first trip mv. Aureol eds.
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4th April 2017, 10:33 AM
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Re: vindicatrix-looking for anyone
hi jim ,you mentioned in your last post you mentioned i was with your sonin the late 70s, did he remember me if so does he remember anyone else at that time who i might know and which ship was it on thanks for pointing out my wrong dates .not quite with this computering lark.as i mentioned when at the vindi gravesend boxing team wherethere and as it was a once a year occasion i would have thougt some of the guys who where there might remember me from thaht time ,not to worry mate.it was a long time ago. cheers jimmy
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4th April 2017, 10:47 AM
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Re: vindicatrix-looking for anyone
Jimmy my son lives in Croatia I only speak to him every couple of weeks,the next time I see him will be when I go over there in June,God Willing.
Regards.
Jim.B.
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4th April 2017, 07:53 PM
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Re: vindicatrix-looking for anyone
Hi jim, I hail from the south, Crawley, Sussex. The only memories of the vindi were that it was freezing cold during my stay, food was lousy and was really happy when we became bridge boys, soon to be out of there. Was in hut 2A. Shipped out of the dock St pool London. First ship BP tanker out of Swansea.
Regards, stan
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9th March 2021, 01:45 PM
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Re: vindicatrix-looking for anyone
cappy your right my dates were wrong date for the vindi was march1956 .sorry jim gallagher
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