THE FINAL STAGE – ARRIVAL INTO PORTSMOUTH’S HISTORIC DOCKYARD Due to increasingly demanding needs of the forthcoming 70th Anniversary Normandy Week, the Millin-Montgomery Voyage was faced with the need for…
DARTMOUTH: TRIBUTE TO THE 946 OF OPERATION TIGER The 26th of May was a fine Bank Holiday Monday, with a fairly clear sky and calm sea conditions. The former WW2…
THE CHANNEL COAST – PORTS OF EMBARKATION Happily the Skipper of TS Jack Petchey, Colin Watkins, had agreed to take Karl and the Millin-Montgomery Pipes on the next stage of…
PADSTOW AND THE U.S. 121st COMBAT ENGINEER BATTALION The diving boat, Predator, was played out of Pembroke Dock on the morning of Friday 16th May, aiming to make the crossing…
ENGLAND TO WALES TO ENGLAND The original plan was to stay in Liverpool over the weekend, then depart for Conway on Monday morning 12th May. Unfortunately we hit a period…
SCOTLAND TO IRELAND TO ENGLAND – Memories from Royal Ulster Rifles Veteran John Shanahan and his partner Beryl Dibble “On arrival in Stranraer, Lt.Munns and Crew on HMS Tracker gave…
VOYAGE IN SCOTLAND The Coastguard Cutter MCA Hunter arrived into Oban to be greeted by quite a large group of people gathered around the old harbour. Our Voyage Piper, played…
VOYAGE LAUNCH AT FORT WILLIAM On Monday 5th May, a Bank Holiday, the Group gathered at the Town Crannog Pier. At 0945 as members of the Fort William Branch of…
SPEAN BRIDGE It was unthinkable to start this Remembrance Voyage from anywhere else. On Sunday 4th May we assembled as a group at the famous Commando Memorial known to Commando…
In May 2014 Britons were called upon to help commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Landings, by joining in a unique remembrance voyage from 5th May to 6th June…
