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TRAWLERS
LOST IN
THE NAMSEN FJORD |
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In Memory Of
Those Who Died |
When the Nazis made an unprovoked invasion of
Norway in April 1940, the British and French sent an expeditionary force in an
attempt to stem its consolidation. For a variety of reasons, the most
significant of which was the Luftwaffe’s practically unchallenged command of the
skies, the Allied bid failed; the evacuation from central Norway having been
completed by the middle of June. Many died in the campaign, some 12,000 British
and French troops embarking from Aandalsnes and Namsos on the nights of the 1st
– 3rd May 1940.
Sixty years later, a British memorial was unveiled in Namsos by the British
Ambassador to Norway who declared “an anomaly has been repaired at last”; the
anomaly being that our French allies had erected a memorial 43 years earlier,
but there had been nothing here to record even British participation in the
campaign. Now, this historic site of the first ‘Dunkirk’ of the war is marked by
three memorials: British, French and Norwegian, the last for those in the Namsos
district who were killed during the courageous resistance to 5 years of Nazi
occupation and in the blitz on the town.
These few pages are dedicated to those killed and wounded.
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The British War memorial in Namsos, unveiled by the
British Ambassador to Norway on 17th May 2000 in
memory of the casualties suffered in H.M. Ships Afridi,
Bittern, Maori, Grenade, Arab, Gaul, Aston Villa,
Rutlandshire and St. Goran |
In Memory of
HAROLD EDWIN PARSONS
Ordinary Signalman
P/LD/X 3555
H.M. Trawler St. Goran., Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
who died on
Tuesday, 30th April 1940. Age 26.
Additional Information
Son of Edwin H. and Elsie M. Parsons, of Wallington, Surrey
Commemorative
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PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL, Hampshire, United Kingdom
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In Memory of
FREDERICK NAYLOR
RICHARDSON MARLOW
Seaman
LT/JX 170590
H.M. Trawler St. Goran., Royal Naval Patrol Service
who died on
Tuesday, 30th April 1940. Age 39.
Commemorative
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LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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In Memory of
THOMAS ARTHUR GLENTON
Second Hand
LT/JX 170718
H.M. Trawler St. Goran., Royal Naval Patrol Service
who died on
Tuesday, 30th April 1940. Age 41.
Additional
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Son of Joseph
and Kate Glenton, of Hull, husband of Ethel Rose Glenton, of Gipsyville,
Hull
Commemorative
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LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL, Suffolk, United Kingdom |
In Memory of
WILLIAM CLARKE McGUIGAN
Lieut-Commander
H.M. Trawler St. Goran., Royal Naval Reserve
who died on
Tuesday, 30th April 1940. Age 36.
Additional
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Son of John
and Isabel McGuigan, of Belfast, husband of Lucy McGuigan of Belfast
Commemorative
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LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL, Suffolk, United Kingdom |
In Memory of
LIONEL EDWARD SWALLOW
Colour
Sergeant
CH/22269
H.M.S. Carlisle., Royal Marines
who died on
Tuesday, 30th April 1940.
Commemorative
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CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL, Kent, United Kingdom |
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Details from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission of those crewmen who
died during the attack on the St. Goran on the 30th April
1940. Colour Sergeant Swallow later died on board H.M.S. Carlisle from
wounds received during the attack |
Please contact f.wilson@royal-naval-reserve.co.uk
for further information regarding this site.
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