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i've never really tried to shoot sports, if chess is not counted :)
futsal prooved a good opportunity to see apertures and shutterspeeds in action.
only these two came out any good.
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
+AND IN MEMORY OF+
THE BRANCASTER MEN
WHO FELL IN THE WAR
1914 - 1919
23490 Private William James Billing, 7th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born at Brancaster Staithe, the son of Frank and Susan Billing. Brother of Maud, Mabel, Horace and Florence.
Baptised on 9th. September 1888 at Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk
The 1911 census records the family living at the White Horse Inn, Brancaster. Father Frank occupation is a painter and publican.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Killed inaction on Tuesday 12th. October 1916, aged 28, during the attack on Bayonet and Scabbard Trenches.
William has no known grave, he is commemorated on Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme France. He is also commemorated on the Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk, Roll of Honour.
22213 Private John Henry Britton, 1st. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 9th. November 1885 at Brancaster, the son of Henry and Agnes Britton, nee Youngs of Main Street, Brancaster. Brother of Robert.
Baptised on 24th November 1885 at Brancaster.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Killed in action at Longueval on Thursday 27th. July 1916, aged 31.
John has no known grave, he is commemorated on Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme France.
S/7944 Private David S. Fernie, 1st. Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
Born on 23rd. November 1869 in Cameron, Fife, Scotland, the son of George and Isabella Fernie, nee Stevenson. Brother of Emma, Georgina and Margaret.
His marriage to Jane Smith, of Aberdeen, was registered in Chelsea, London, during the third quarter of 1900.
The 1911 census records David working as a steward at a clubhouse, and Jane working as a stewardess at a clubhouse. They are living at Brancaster.
David died at Hooge on 25th. September 1915, aged 46. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 38 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
13944 Private Walter William Fiddaman, 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 8th. March 1895 at Brancaster.
Brother of Alice L. of Manor House, Holme, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Killed in action at Longueval on Thursday 27th. July 1916, aged 20.
Walter has no known grave, he is commemorated on Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme France.
267227 Lance Corporal Bede Guthrie, 1st/5th. Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Born in 1896 at King's Lynn, the son of William, a school master, and Ellen, a school mistress, Guthrie, of Southwoods, Brancaster Staithe.
Brother of Harold, below.
Enlisted at North Walsham, Norfolk.
Killed in action on Thursday 16th August 1917, aged 21.
Bede has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 72 to 75 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Also commemorated on the Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk memorial and the Gloucester Regiment memorial
2363 Serjeant Harold Noel Daring Guthrie, 7th. Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment).
Born in 1894 at Northmarston, Buckinghamshire, the son of William, a school master, and Ellen, a school mistress, Guthrie, of Southwoods, Brancaster Staithe.
Brother of Bede, above.
The 1911 census records Harold employed as a bank clerk and living at 39 Bushwood Road Kew, Surrey.
Enlisted at London.
Killed in action on 16th. April 1917, aged 23.
Buried in Grave: I. O. 17. at Bailleul Road Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription,
'A GLITTERING WAY
HE SHOWED THEM
BEYOND THE DIM OUTPOST'
287426 Petty Officer Stoker Herbert William Harrell, H.M.S. Cressy, Royal Navy.
Born on 24th June 1878 at Stanhoe, Norfolk, the son of William and Jane Harrell, nee Newell. Brother of Agnes, Inez and Julia. Husband of Anna Maria Harrell, nee Raven. Father of Agnes Violet.
The 1911 census records Herbert, his wife and daughter living at 33 Darland Terrace, 33 Upper Luton Road, Chatham, Kent
He died in the North Sea in the early hours of Tuesday 22nd. September 1914, aged 36 when Cressy along with HMS Aboukir and HMS Hogue were sunk by torpedoes from the submarine U-9, under the command of Otto Weddigen.
Herbert has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 4 of the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.
41643 Private Andrew Manzie King, 1st. Battalion, Essex Regiment, formerly 3428 Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 12th. April 1893 at St. Andrews, Fife, the son of Tom, a golf club maker, and Annie Greig King, nee Spence. Brother of Tom, Agnes, Harold and David.
The 1901 Census records the family living at the Golf Links, Brancaster.
Enlisted at East Dereham, Norfolk.
Andrew died as a POW on Wednesday 15th. August 1917, aged 24.
He is buried in Grave: VII. L. 3. at Berlin South-western Cemetery, Brandenburg, Berlin, Germany.
234383 Private George James Lake, 44th. Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
Born on 27th. September 1892 at Thornham, Norfolk, the son of Abraham and Gertrude Lake of Main Road, Brancaster. Brother of Lottie. Husband of Mary Colvin Lake, nee Hart,
of 6 Lavinia Court, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
George died on 3rd. June 1917, aged 24. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Cyril Thompson Large MM.
No information on this person.
137760 Fitter Staff Serjeant Robert Edmund Loynes, 258th. Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Born on 6th. October 1881 at Holt, Norfolk, the son of Robert John and Ann Loynes, nee Thornel. Brother of Sophia, Thomas and Grace.
Baptised on 11th. December 1881 at Holt.
Educated at Holt and Brancaster.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk on 3rd. September 1914.
Killed in action Thursday 6th June 1918, aged 36.
Buried in Grave: VIII. M. 32. at Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France withn the personal inscription,
'AT REST, HIS DUTY DONE'
16175 Private Herbert Roland Martin, 12th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (Bermondsey).
Born Brancaster, the son of Robert Thomas and Anne Martin, of Brancaster Staithe. Brother of Grace, Emily, May and Robert
Enlisted at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey.
Killed in action in the second wave of the attack and capture of Flers on Friday 15th. September 1916, aged 35.
Buried in Grave :III. C. 5. at Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers, Somme, France with the personal inscription,
'REST IN PEACE'
203493 Private Charles William Bertie Matsell, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Enlisted at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Died of wounds on Tuesday 20 November 1917, aged 24.
Buried in Grave: II. H. 10. at Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France.
25730 Private John William Nudds, 1st. Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, formerly 11937 Royal Sussex Regiment.
Born at Bernham Westgate, the son of Robert, a shoemaker, and Harriett Nudds.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk
John was killed in action Sunday 6th May 1917, aged 18. He has no known grave and is Commemorated on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
30001 Private Earnest Oswold Petchey, 'C' Company, 7th. Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Born in 1887 at Brancaster, the son of Edward Fox Petchey, a wheelwright and carpenter, and Harriette Cortnall Petchey, nee Lack. Brother of Mabel, Edith, Edward, Herbert, Emma and Harriet.
Husband of Ethel Georgina Petchey, nee Baker, of London Street, Brancaster. They married on 21st. October 1911 at Poringham, Norfolk and had 3 children, Clarence Edward (b. 1912), Oswald Ernest (b. 1913) and Aubrey Raymond (b. 1915).
Enlisted at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Killed in action attacking the Bihucourt line on Thursday on 15th. March 1917, aged 30.
Buried in Grave: III. J. 19. at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Pas de Calais, France.
17425 Private Alfred Edward Pitcher, 1st. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 9th June 1895 at Brancaster, the son of John Edward and Susan Pitcher, nee Hendry. Brother of Horace, Florence, Annie and Hilda.
Baptised on 4th. August 1895 at Docking, Norfolk.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Alfred was killed in action at Longueval on 27th. July 1916, aged 21. He has no known grave and is commemorated on Pier and Face 1 C and 1 D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
A/34206 Private Charles George Porter, 10th. Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment).
Born on 10th. August 1878 at St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, the son of George and Mary Ann Porter,
of Brancaster. Husband of Florence Clara Porter,
of 6 Bond Street, Cromer, Norfolk.
Charles died on 26th. September 1916, aged 38. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the
Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
241122 Private Samuel Edward Proudfoot, 1st/5th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment, formally 5010, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1892, the son of Robert and Jane Proudfoot of Main Road, Brancaster. Brother of John, George, Daisy, Mary and Harry.
Enlisted at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Killed in action on 19th. April 1917, aged 25.
Buried in Grave: XXIII. D. II. at Gaza War Cemetery with the personal Inscription,
'TILL WE MEET'
2044 Lance Corp Charles William Ranson, 1st. Battalion, Welsh Guards, formally 3918, Life Guards.
Born in 1893, at Downham, Norfolk the son of Henry and Mary Ann Ranson of Brancaster. Brother of John, below, and William.
Enlisted at Norwich, Norfolk.
Died of wounds on Saturday 28th. September 1918, aged 25.
Buried in Grave: XIV. C. 18. at Grenvillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription,
'SLEEP ON BELOVED'
719 Serjeant John H. Ranson MM, 17th. Battalion, Middlesex Regiment.
Born in 1891 at Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, the son of Henry and Mary Ann Ranson of Brancaste. Brother of Charles, above, and William.
Died on Sunday 9th. December 1917, aged 26.
Buried in Grave: IX. E. 10. at Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription,
'SLEEP ON BELOVED'
29834 Lance Corp Charles Robert Raven, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born on 12th. April 1889 in Brancaster, the son of Charles and Annie Maria Raven, nee Mayes, of High Street, Brancaster. Brother of Ann, John and Martha.
Baptised on 19th May 1889 at Brancaster.
Enlisted at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Died of wounds on Thursday 26th. April 1917, aged 28.
Buried in Grave: VI. B. 15. at Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France with the personal inscription,
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OUR DEAR BOY
FROM HIS MOTHER AND FAMILY'
Capt. Charles Simms-Reeve, 2nd. Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Born on 26th. December 1885 at Staithe House, Brancaster Staithe, the eldest son of William Hawkins Simms-Reeve and Mary Simms-Reeve, nee Wilson. Brother of George and Arthur.
Baptised on 24th. January 1886.
He and his brothers were at Victoria College, Jersey from 1901 to 1902, while the family were living at Neilgherry, St. Lawrence, Jersey. Shortly after leaving he entered Sandhurst. Joining 2nd. Battalion, East Surrey Regiment he served in India eight years, becoming Lieutenant in 1909 and Captain in April 1914.
He was killed in action, aged 29, when leading an attack against the Germans near Ypres on 14th. February 1915.
His Colonel wrote:
“His natural bent for games and his prowess thereat showed him up as one to be reckoned an asset to the Battalion. His naturally free carriage made his smartness the more conspicuous and admirable. His spirit of fair play rendered his strict sense of discipline acceptable even to those who suffered most therefrom. The reports on him in a series of years have called him 'full of influence for good with his juniors', 'a typical leader of men', and it was as such, alas! that his last great effort ended fatally for him. Whatever he had given him to do he did thoroughly. At manoeuvres, he was always a leader, a setter of the best example. When senior subaltern he was invaluable in putting young ones right, and his manners and his way of doing his work were always patterns for them to copy.”
Charles has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 34 of the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Leper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
G/8054 Private John William Skipper, 7th. Battalion , The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment).
Born 1888 at Brancaster, the eldest son of William James and Susanna Katherine Matilda Skipper, nee Thacker. Brother of Earnest, Albert, Edwin, Horace and Oswold.
Enlisted at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Killed in action in the attack on Schwaben Redoubt on Thursday 28th. September 1916, aged 28.
John has no known grave and he is commemorated on Pier and Face 5D and 6D of the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
10604 Private Leon Russel Southerland, 120th. Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formally 16169, East Surrey Regiment.
Born in 1896 at Brancaster, the son of William and Anna Sutherland, nee Lovick,
of Brancaster Staithe. Brother of Stillingfleet and Evon Stella.
Baptised on 17th May 1896 at Burnham Deepdale, Norfolk.
Enlisted at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Killed in action on Saturday 5th. May 1917, aged 21.
Buried in Grave: I. A. 9. at Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery, Villers-Plouich, Nord, France with the personal inscription,
'GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN THY WILL BE DONE'
*Note* CWGC list the name as Sutherland.
G/16177 Lance Corp Albert John West, 8th. Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Born in 1893 at Brancaster, the son of Henry Ashbrook West and Mary Jane West,
of 'Harbour View', Brancaster Staithe. Brother of Annie Laura, Olive Adele, Beatrice Mary and Millicent Fanny.
Enlisted at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Killed in action in the attack and taking of the east side of Schwaben Redoubt on Saturday 30th. September 1916, aged 23.
Buried in Grave: XII. L. 1. at Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval, Somme, France.
G/18773 Private Percy Williamson, 11th. Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.
Born in 1899 at Brancaster Staithe, the son of Hailet and Caroline Williamson. Brother of Hilda and Rhoda.
Enlisted at King's Lynn, Norfolk.
Killed in action on Monday 29th. April 1918, aged 19.
Percy has no known grave and he is commemorated on Panel 86 to 88 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Also remembered on the Burnham Deepdale Memorial, Norfolk.
287400 Chief Stoker Robert Isaac Winterbone, HMS Vanguard, Royal Navy from 1st. October 1914 to 9th. July 1917.
Born on 21st. January 1878 at Brancaster, the son of Robert Isaac and Eleanor Winterbone
of Brancaster Staithe. Brother of Herbert, May, Maud and Mable.
In 1913 Robert married Kate Winterbone of 3 Watton, Bridport, Dorset.
HMS Vanguard was one of three St. Vincent class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th. century. She spent her career assigned to the Home and Grand Fleets. Aside from participating in the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 and the inconclusive action of 19th. August several months later, her service during World War I mostly consisted of routine patrols and training in the North Sea.
At 23:20 on 8th July 1917 at Scapa Flow, Vanguard suffered a series of magazine explosions. She sank almost instantly, killing 843 of the 845 men onboard.
Robert died on Monday 9th. July 1917, aged 39. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent.
16627 Private Herbert Woodbine, 12th. Entrenching Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, formally 14th. Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Born in 1883 at Brancaster Staithe, the eldest child of Charles and Harriett Woodbine of Main Street, Brancaster. Brother of Herbert, Lily, Charles and Maud.
Enlisted in Bristol.
Killed in action on Friday 22nd. March 1918, aged 35. Herbert has no known grave and is commemorated Panal 41 and 41 of the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
9183 Private Herbert Youngs,
7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born 1895 at Brancaster, the son of Mrs. S. Hubbard of Fern Cottage, Brancaster.
Enlisted in Norwich, Norfolk.
Killed in action on Wednesday 13th. October 1915, aged 20.
Herbert has no known grave and he is commemorated on Panel 30 and 31 of the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
21366 Private Thomas William Youngs, 7th. Battalion, Border Regiment, formally 18626, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1892 at Brancaster, the son of Robert and Anna Laura Youngs, nee Allen of High Street, Brancaster. Brother of Gladys Mary. Husband of A. L. Youngs,
of High Street, Brancaster.
Enlisted in Norwich, Norfolk.
Killed in action on Monday 23rd. April 1917, aged 25.
Thomas has no known grave and is commemorated on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
16656 Private Burton Pennant Loose, 9th. Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Born in 1895 at Brancaster Staithe, the son of Robert and Rebecca Loose.
Died on Monday 15th. April 1918, aged 23.
Burton has no known grave and is commemorated on Panel 34 to 35 of the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
AND ALSO IN THE WAR OF
1939 - 1945
312996 Lt. Jonathan Francis Cory-Wright, Scots Guards.
Born on 19th. March 1925, the son of Sir Geoffrey, 3rd. Baronet, Captain, 3rd. Battalion, East Kent Regiment and Flight Commander in the Royal Flying Corps, and Felicity Cory-Wright, nee Tree, of Brancaster.
Brother of Anthony John Julian, below, David Arthur, Mark Richard Geoffrey and Michael.
Educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire.
Killed in action on 9th. April 1945, aged 20.
Buried in Grave: 12. J. 9. at Rhineberg War Cemetery, Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
72690 Captain Anthony John Julian Cory-Wright, Forward Observation Office, 181st. Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Known as Julian, he was born on 29th. August 1916, the son of Sir Geoffrey, 3rd. Baronet, Captain, 3rd. Battalion, East Kent Regiment and Flight Commander in the Royal Flying Corps, and Felicity Cory-Wright, nee Tree, of Brancaster.
Brother of Jonathan Francis, above, David Arthur, Mark Richard Geoffrey and Michael.
Educated at Sandroyd School, Wiltshire and Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire.
On leaving school, he returned to Eton for a short spell to teach mathematics, leaving to become an articled clerk with Deloitte in London..
At the outbreak of war in September 1939 he mobilised with the Hertfordshire Yeomanry.
On 1st. June 1940 he married Susan Esterel Cory-Wright, nee Elwes of Catfield, Norfolk. They had three children, Virginia Caroline, b. 8th. May 1941, Juliet Susan, b. 22nd. October 1942 and Richard Michael 4th. Baronet, b. 17th. January 1944.
He joined 177th. Battery, 181st. Field Regiment, 15th. (Scottish) Division as a Gunner Officer in March 1942.
During the night of 12/13th. June, he left Tilbury, Essex for Normandy embarked on the U. S. liberty ship Fort Biloxi, and arrived off Arromanches on the afternoon of 14th. June. Because of bad weather not all of the units equipment could be landed until 22nd. June.
On morning of Monday 26th. June 1944, Julian and his troop move on foot towards their observation post position at St. Manvieu.
Captain Jack Cunis was at the Command Post and he called Julian on the field telephone and asked how it was going at the front. “Pretty brisk” Julian replied, then the line went dead. A shell had landed near Julian’s party. Sergeant Signaller John Bramald, accompanying him on the mission recalled that, characteristically, Julian's only concern was for his men before he lost consciousness and died.
Julian was killed in action, aged 27. He was initially buried beside the shell hole where he was killed, and was later buried in Grave: II. G. 11. at Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, Calvados, France with the personal inscription
'ALL OUR LOVE.
VIRGINIA, JULIET, RICHARD
AND SUSAN'
Julian is also commemorated on Brancaster War Memorial, Norfolk, the gates of the Royal West Norfolk Golf Club, Knebworth War Memorial, Hertfordshire, the WW2 War Memorial, Eton College and at Sandroyd School, Wiltshire.
A keen artist, after the war his family published a book, 'From Norfolk to Normandy, The wartime art of Captain Julian Cory-Wright'.
453274 ACW 2nd Class Phyllis Mary Duffield, Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Born on 28th. May 1904 at Great Massingham, Norfolk, the daughter of Herbert Stanley, a grocer and draper, and Sarah Ann Duffield, nee Barrett. Brother of John Stanley, b. December 1902.
Awarded a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music in 1925, for piano teaching.
Prior to enlisting Phyllis was a music mistress at Rhianva College, Hunstanton, Norfolk.
In June 1941. Phyllis joined the WAAF at RAF Innsworth, Gloustershire.
Phyllis died of natural causes, myocarditis, lobal pneumonia and pleural effusion, on Monday 2nd. March 1942, aged 37, while on active service with Technical Training Command at RAF Kirkham, Lancashire.
She was buried in an unmarked grave on Saturday 7th. March 1942 in St. Mary's churchyard, Brancaster.
In 2015 the CWGC erected a headstone on her grave which for the previous 73 years has only been marked by a cherry tree.
She is commemorated on Panel 291 of the Runnymeade Memorial, near Windsor.
Phyllis left her estate of £666 14s 11d to Lt. John Duffield, RNR.
169940 Lt. David Francis Gilliat, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Royal Armoured Corps.
The son of Maj. Frank Leslie and Edith Georgiana Veronica Gilliat of Brancaster.
David’s family, through his mother’s side, claimed lineage back to William the Conqueror.
Died on Tuesday 1st. August 1944, aged 22.
Buried in Grave: I. A. 8. at Arezzo War Cemetery, Toscana, Italy with the personal inscription,
'BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART;
FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD'
130655 F/O Anthony Duncan Herbert 'Tony' Hawley, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
The youngest son of George William and Eileen Edith Hawley, nee Ashley-Cooper, of The Shooting Lodge, Brancaster.
Promotion to Flying Officer was confirmed in the London Gazette supplement to the 2nd. March 1943.
July 1943 he was assigned to Advanced Flying Unit (AFU) at Sétif, Algeria
Killed on active service on Friday 9th. July 1943, aged 20.
Buried in Grave: 1. B. 6. at La Reunion War Cemetery, Béjaïa, Algeria with the personal inscription,
'GONE TO MEET HIS MAKER
FULL OF THE CHARITY OF YOUTH
SERVING BOLDLY, BRAVELY
FIGHTING FOR THE TRUTH'
1083325 Lance Bomb. Herbert Elijah Sutherland, 154th. (The Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment. Royal Artillery.
Born on 9th. February 1914 at Brancaster, the son of Elijaha and Rose Sutherland, nee Loose.
Husband of Lucy Mary Sutherland, nee Colesby, born Hull.
Died on Monday 27th. September 1943, aged 29.
Buried in Grave: 3. A. 6.at Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon with the personal inscription,
'DEEP IN OUR HEARTS
HE IS LIVING YET, WE
LOVED HIM TOO DEARLY
TO EVER FORGET'
BERLIN AIR LIFT 1949
John Patrick Lewen Sharp, DFC
Born on 18th. December 1922, the second son of the late Dr. Everard William Lewin Sharp of Burnham Market and Amy Lilian Sharp of Brancaster.
Brother of James Ashley Everard Sharp.
Educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey.
John joined the RAFVR in the spring of 1941 becoming NCO 656694. He received a commission as Pilot Officer 159493 on 5th. August 1943. He served as a navigator on 178 Squadron, RAF.
His DFC was gazetted in February 1945. The London Gazette of 4th. November 1949 records he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal as a Flight Lieutenant,
On the night of Monday 21st. March 1949, Handley Page HP-70 Halifax C.8, serial number 1396, registered G-AJZZ and owned by Lancashire Aircraft Corporation (LAC), flew into high ground during 'Operation Planefare', the Berlin Airlift. Making the return flight from Berlin Tempelhof Airport, on final approach to Schleswigland airfield, the aircraft was too low and crashed few hundred yards short of runway. Three crew members, Captain Robert John Freight, pilot, John Sharp, aged 26, navigator and Henry Patterson, flight engineer were killed. The only survivor was radio operator Hamilton, who was thrown 40 feet over a hedge. Despite his injuries he walked the two miles to Schleswigland airfield and reported the accident. After a stay in hospital he returned to duties on the airlift. The aircraft was destroyed.
A little over a year after the property had been flooded out, it happened again.
The property manager and maintenance manager didn't answer calls. The after-hours emergency contact did answer but said they didn't know what to do (and then buttdialed me while they were watching porn).
Someone was to come out the following day to see how bad this bout was and figure out what to do next. No one ever came by.
Photo by Kfir Sivan/Israel Sun 07-01-2010
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(November 13th, 2009) SPT-SEIU members and leaders held a sit-in in to demand Resident Commissioner Pierluisi reject anti-worker policies of Fortuño administration ~ San Juan, Puerto Rico ~ Photo © 2009 Javier Rodriguez
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Photographing Academic Advisors and Advisees in C104 and in the hallway rest areas. Model releases available for all students, listed under Photographing Academic Advisors.
Furious but peaceful demonstrators protest government inaction and complicty in the disappearance of 43 students in September.
Pat Arnow photo
KONICA MINOLTA DYNAX 5D
After a few years of inaction, I installed a new Li-ion NP-400 battery in my 2005 Konica Minolta DSLR Dynax 5D to replace the dead original one, and I did a small series of pictures with the two KM zoom lenses to re-evaluate the small Sony 6 MP CCD (still not a CMOS) sensor and optics.
The KM Dynax 5D was the latest DSLR body released by Konica Minolta before to be sold to SONY Corp.
Processing of the native RAW files using Lightroom/Luminar 2018.
Genay, Rhône, France.
After some announcements and roll call the firefighters lined up and marched away to the applause of the bystanders.
Santo André - SP//07, Grafiteiras BR.
fotos de arquivo:
ANARKIA, Cris MIMI, HUANITA, NINA, PALOMA OLIVEIRA, PRILA PAIVA, YA YA...
:P.
KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA
After a few years of inaction, I installed a new Li-ion NP-400 battery in my 2005 Konica Minolta DSLR Dynax 5D to replace the dead original one, and I did a small series of pictures with the two KM zoom lenses to re-evaluate the small Sony 6 MP CCD (still not a CMOS) sensor and optics.
The KM Dynax 5D was the latest DSLR body released by Konica Minolta before to be sold to SONY Corp.
Processing of the native RAW files using Lightroom/Luminar 2018.
makes 1000 words useless
A vertical panoramic I took last winter. Hope to experiment some more with vertical panos, they're fun :)
Elder activist getting arrested for a firedrill friday protest against inaction on the climate crisis
Meanwhile across town, a counter-rally was occurring, called by the Federal Opposition, supported by talk radio shock jocks. The crowd seemed edgy and anxious.
Estimated to be 4000 people, upwards, although it didn't seem to me as big a crowd as Belmore Park.
In the summer of 2023, I posted this throwback photo on Instagram with a remembrance caption, in honor of my paternal grandfather, Joseph. In this post, I mentioned his kind heart. When I captioned this image, my words came from both my heart and my memories. He was other things, sure, and today, after what I've learned to date, I still do think he had a kind heart - to me and some others. But I was only given selected stories, as often happens in families who want to cover up truth (abortions & abuse, to name two), hide in shame and not truly progress forward.
As far as racism, which ran rampant in my family's conversations, inactions and actions, this felt more strongly on my maternal grandmother's side. From the way they told me to not touch food after I touched money because "black people did" to the unforgivable, hypocritical racial slurs & excuses for their negative behavior, I overheard on a daily basis, as a young girl to the disclaimer: "oh, but your grandfather, Stan, had a black best friend." I never bought into it. Also, wow, did they hate on Mexicans, using phrases, such as: "it's my way or the highway".
Overhearing these fascist conversations, as a child, in addition to increasingly being surrounded by atheists, as an adult, could have been the start of my social activism, I suppose. Simply put: I never wanted to be like them. At 5 years old, I knew better. It would take me another 3 decades, however, to truly break free from their grip and deception.
After I spoke my origin story to a kindred soul last fall, a retired Navy veteran, he said it sounded like I had "Stockholm Syndrome" with these people. Yep, I think he was right. Had I accepted these awful people back into my life at any time last year or this year, they would have tried to guilt me into one of their tired roles. Unfortunate, but true.
📷Getting back to this photo. It was because of WWII battlefield stories and American propaganda I heard ever since I was a young girl, that I thanked every veteran for their service for almost my entire life. However, last summer, after hearing dozens of men who, on paper, served our country... but admitted to me they didn't do anything productive or protective of the US.... instead they drank tropical drinks and had fun with women overseas, I stopped. At least these men were being honest with me. I gave them credit for that. But let's get back to some of these skill-less military men who eventually become cops....
Entrapping and enticing beautiful women on their overseas travel AND getting paid for it? Really, was this why the military was set up for? 🤔 After I thought about it... yes, of course, we've only had self-serving, greedy men leading this country, up until now. Makes sense, doesn't it? And the associated power trips that follow with many of today's law enforcement? Gotta thank the military, universities and administration for that.
I digress.
🌟Here's what I do know: at the end of my life, whenever the haters came for me, ultimately I leaned into love and faith. ✨And, my gosh, even though I haven't seen my best friend's head blown off in a European foxhole, as my grandfather did in the 1940s, I suffered enough PTSD to last more than a lifetime. Furthermore, while I have not fought in the Battle of the Bulge, I have courageously stood up against many bullying members of the good 'ol boys club, in the richest part of the US, without weaponry, as a single mother.
As both a victim of the system and generational trauma, I think I wear my scars well, if I do say so myself. As my trauma therapist encouraged me to do in 2022, I pat myself on the back... because the sheer amount of times I've survived targeted "soul murder" is disgraceful. And at this point in my life, the only blood-related family member I consider myself to have is my 9-year old son. And he's not around (nor do I know he's safe) to do it for his mama, as I know he would.
One lesson I never thought I'd have to impart on my son's young brain is that "peace is thicker than blood", but times are rapidly changing and the so-called trusted family network we had/have didn't care if his mom lived nor died. Thankfully, before we were separated, we discussed the concept of ohana, in great detail.
Sadly, our mother-son story is a small representation/result of the current destructive state the world is in, which highlights a division between the two current major worldwide political parties: #1) fascists working together within an extensive corrupt network and #2) leaders, who prioritize love & family, working together towards peace and long-lasting prosperity for all. Leaders of all ages. ❤️
Today, I also count my blessings I didn't suffer an addiction, as my grandfather did (unfortunately, yet predictably, he was both addicted to cigarettes and alcohol) and die without grace, as he did. My primary memories of him are not from this photo (as I do not remember it being taken), but from visiting him in the hospital or nursing home, in his confined wheelchair, bedridden state. To this day, I can't ever recall / picture him walking.
My PTSD survivorship story is much different than his, but many elements are similar: we were both neglected by the US government, not given adequate resources, lied to and written off.
While haters like to pin rumors and stories on me, I invite them to be in my mind for a moment. Forget the 'ol "walk a mile in someone's shoes" saying... many couldn't run a 5k in my shoes, even with a gun to their head. Of course, I'm kidding, but you get my point, most likely.
Before I turn this post in a comedy skit, I will stop the buck here and let you think about it all. Where does your allegiance and priorities lie, America? -Heidi
... or how boredom and lunacy can combine to be constructive. :)
Oh and by the way, bros, is that a bald patch forming? I think not...
The future abhors inaction.
Yet most organizations become trapped within it, driven a leadership team that is frozen in place, unable or unwilling to move forward. The results are predictable.
Most often, it comes through denial.
"There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home." Ken Olsen, CEO, DEC, 1977
Digital Equipment froze in place when the personal computer (PC) came along, famously refusing to get involved. The result was predictable as they eventually were bought out for a fraction of their value by a PC company, Compaq. That company then disappeared because it too froze in place, refusing the accept the direct-to-consumer business model pioneered by Dell Computer! (Incidentally, one of the biggest bookings in my still-forming career as a speaker occurred in 1993 when DEC booked me on a 7-city 'roadshow' to highlight the growing importance of the Internet. At least they got that trend right!)
What are the other causes of inaction? Uncertainty, arrogance, hubris, complacency, resistance to change, inadequate resources - the sins of leadership failure are vast. And as is often the case, denial of the speed with which a dramatic, transformative change to future circumstances is often the root cause. And as I will often comment on stage and in my posts, there are many people who just don't like the future and what it represents - but will end up there anyways!
There is a high cost to business inaction - missed opportunities, a reduced ability to respond to emerging competitive threats, loss of market share, and an acceleration of new risk. Worst case, it leads to bankruptcy or acquisition. Adaptec was a well-known data storage company but didn't keep up with the trends redefining the industry (the forthcoming dominance of cloud technology), and went from $2 billion in sales to $35 million in a matter of years. Oops.
How do you counter this? Accept the future, align with it, understand the trends - be proactive! Be proactively strategic by aligning to changing customer needs, market trends, and competitive threats. Spend the time to understand what's next and what to do about it. Put in place an effective trends radar - a model for aligning to the future that I've been sharing with clients since 2007 and before.
And focus on your speed, agility, and flexibility!
The key thing is, so many organizations learned how to be action-oriented during the early days of Covid, and it's important not to lose the unique forward-oriented culture which emerge. Think about it : speed and action were everywhere. We implemented e-commerce platforms at speed and built sophisticated delivery and supply chain systems. Manufacturing companies quickly realigned their process to manufacture masks and shields. Churches learned how to do virtual services. Think about what we witnessed - the verb 'action' was dominant!
10 years of change in 6 months
Major trends accelerated
Organizations learned something new about speed
Agility and flexibility became a necessity
Business models shifted faster
An attitude that it can't be done was shattered by necessity
Decision-making paralysis was obliterated
The slow structure common to organizations was put under a microscope
Old barriers to new ideas disappeared
"Get it done" became the rallying cry
The key issue for everyone now is - how do we sustain the momentum? That's what I've been emphasizing to my clients - keep moving, and capitalize on the lessons learned.
The bottom line is this. "Inaction is a choice" implies that when faced with a challenge or opportunity, a leadership team is consciously deciding not to pursue it. That's negligence! That is a decision that means sticking with the status quo. What mystifies me is when they do this, and yet know it will have consequences. They know that their inaction will cost them a loss in customers, market share, revenue, reputation, talent, innovation, and competitive advantage. I've never understood why.
"Action is a verb" implies an organization that is fully prepared to challenge the status quote, and move forward at speed to invent a new reality. It is driven by a leadership team that is defined by courage, vision, strategy, innovation, collaboration, communication, feedback, learning, quality, and reliability. It's not easy, but necessary in the face of transformative, disruptive trends.
Today, at this very moment, you are probably faced with a decision that needs to be made.
Your choice is inaction or action.
Get moving!
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