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9th December 2024, 05:20 AM
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Re: WW2 Veteran Junior Officer George A Forbes, British Merchant Navy
I applied for the 100th birthday greeting from the King but it asked for George’s British passport implying you need to be a current citizen. George does not have his, he left UK in 1946. While it seems former citizens are eligible, I could get around that.
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12th December 2024, 10:21 PM
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Re: WW2 Veteran Junior Officer George A Forbes, British Merchant Navy
Empire Halley was a 7,168 GRT cargo ship which was built by J L Thompson & Sons Ltd, Sunderland. Launched on 26 September 1941 and completed in December 1941. Allocated in 1942 to the Dutch Government and renamed Pieter de Hoogh. Sold in 1947 to Stoomvart Maatschappij Oostzee, Netherlands and renamed Britsum. Operated under the management of Vinke & Zonen, Amsterdam. Arrived on 24 August 1959 at Osaka, Japan for scrapping.[7]
SS Empire Halley sailed in the Arctic Convoy PQ-7b, PQ 7b from Hvalfjord, Iceland on 31 December 1941 and arrived in Murmansk on 11
January 1942.
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