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1st Brigade Combat Team said farewll to CSM Tracey Loveall and welcomed CSM Mark Eckstrom during a change of responsibiity ceremony on August 31st, 2020, at Fort Drum, NY. (photos by Sgt. Cody W. Ewing)
1st Brigade Combat Team said farewll to CSM Tracey Loveall and welcomed CSM Mark Eckstrom during a change of responsibiity ceremony on August 31st, 2020, at Fort Drum, NY. (photos by Sgt. Cody W. Ewing)
SAN DIEGO (May 28, 2018) Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) catch an expended 40mm from a Mark 11 40mm saluting mount during a 21-gun salute in observance of Memorial Day on vulture’s row. Boxer is pierside in its homeport preparing for Commander, Naval Surface Forces Pacific sea trials. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class David Ortiz/Released)
Memorial plaque, SS Peter & Paul, Eastham, Worcestershire
In loving memory of Lennard Robert Bradley, Nigerian Civil Service who was lost at sea with all on board, the SS Umgeni, November 1917
Aged 41 years. This tablet is erected by his widow
The SS Umgeni was lost off the coast of Ireland, having been taken over by the Admiralty during WW1 as a supply ship. On November 7, , she had left the Clyde for Lagos and called in at Liverpool en route to Nigeria.
www.bandcstaffregister.com/page584.html
www.greatwarforum.org/topic/75303-ss-umgeni/
Lennard [sic] lived at Eastham Court. [birth recorded Islington 1876 [4] as Leonard Robert but married as Lennard R in 1915
father Robert, auctioneer's clerk, 188 Upper Street, N.
His widow Gertrude, [ 1888-1970] nee Froggatt, remarried William Percy MacDuff . Brettell in 1922 [b West Bromwich] 1895-1963]
of The Old Forge Eastham
She died in Surrey but address given as 76 Weston Road, Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, adjacent to the War Memorial Hall. [PL Bradley d 2001 ]
Births Jun 1918 (>99%)
Bradley Peter L[ennard] m= Froggatt b, Kings N. 6d120
Births Jun 1923
Brettell William A M Froggatt Kings N. 6d147
d. 1943 aged 20.
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Son of William Percy MacDuff Brettell [Squadron Leader RAF] and Gertrude Ellen Brettell, Of Kitale, Kenya
Address given as Kap Koi Estate, Kitale, administration 1945
His brother, David Graham MacDuff Brettell also died on service.
addrress given as 109 Pembroke Road , Clifton, Bristol 8
On 23rd June 1943, William Brettell, known as Tony to family and friends, was due to fly a mission to Rotterdam with his squadron. However, his air gunner was sick and as Tony had just finished his training and had done very few flights with the Mitchell bomber, he was given the day to familiarise himself further with the aircraft.
From ISBN 0 907700 11:
B25 Mitchell, FL213, 98 Squadron. Foulsham, 23rd June 1943. Easthan, Nr. Tenbury.
The Mitchell was a rare bird indeed, and very seldom seen in the skies over Worcestershire. Eyes were raised at the Royal Observer Corps Post at Clowes Top, as it flew overhead, ‘What the dickens is he doing over here’.
Indeed it should have not been over there. The day in question, 23rd June 1943, a young pilot, aged only 20, by the name of William Anthony MacDuff Brettell, only on leave three days before at his cousin’s house in Eastham, could not resist the urge to come over and ‘beat’ up the cherry orchard near the Eastham home.
Several people in the village watched petrified as the Mitchell, diving and sweeping, rattled the chimney post with its low flying. The family were unaware that the pilot was in fact Tony Brettell, but a hint of suspicion soon began to enter their mind.
Then tragedy struck, as it does so often in these moments of temporary excitement. The Mitchell came too low, struck the tall chimneys on the house, an engine was torn out and Tony Brettell lost control.
The aircraft just managed to clear the orchard, with the pilot obviously trying desperately to put down in the large meadow at the rear of Eastham Church. But to no avail, out of control and with only two hours previously logged on the Mitchell his chances were nil. Flt Sgt Brettell perished along with his navigator.
Brettell is a famous name in the Tenbury area, where Tony’s Father, the late Sqn./Ldr. W.D.M. Brettell landed his first aeroplane in the large field at Tenbury. He went later to live in Kenya where Tony was born. Tony later returned to this country as a young man, along with his brother George, to be educated at Oswestry School. A considerable part of his youth was spent in the long summer months at Eastham.
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BRETTELL, DAVID GRAHAM MACDUFF
Initials: D G M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Flight Sergeant (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 250 Sqdn.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 30/01/1945
Service No: 700926
Additional information: Son of William Percy Macduff Brettell and Gertrude Ellen Brettell, of Kitale, Kenya. His brother William Anthony Macduff Brettell also died on service (June 23, 1943).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. D. 2.
Cemetery: PADUA WAR CEMETERY
Killed bombing Padua Bridge with the RAF - Kittyhawk fighter bomber
D.Graham M. Brettell - the youngest in the side who blossomed in the
following two seasons into an outstanding batsman. Originally from Kenya,
who with his brother Tony, joined the RAF. Flight Sergeant Graham Brettell
was killed in Italy in 1945 bombing Padua Bridge two years after his brother
was killed in a flying accident in Eastham, Tenbury Wells. Parents, William
and Gertrude Brettel, donated a communion chalice to the Oswestry School
Tony was training in England, not far from his parents' house (not sure exactly where yet) on the Worcestershire/Shropshire/Herefordshire border. On 23rd June 1943 Tony was carrying out low flying training in the area when the wheels on the tail of his plane hit the chimney of his aunt's house. The plane and its two occupants crashed in a nearby field, killing both.
B25 Mitchell, FL213, 98 Squadron. Foulsham, 23rd June 1943. Easthan, Nr. Tenbury.
The Mitchell was a rare bird indeed, and very seldom seen in the skies over Worcestershire. Eyes were raised at the Royal Observer Corps Post at Clowes Top, as it flew overhead, ‘What the dickens is he doing over here’.
Indeed it should have not been over there. The day in question, 23rd June 1943, a young pilot, aged only 20, by the name of William Anthony MacDuff Brettell, only on leave three days before at his cousin’s house in Eastham, could not resist the urge to come over and ‘beat’ up the cherry orchard near the Eastham home.
Several people in the village watched petrified as the Mitchell, diving and sweeping, rattled the chimney post with its low flying. The family were unaware that the pilot was in fact Tony Brettell, but a hint of suspicion soon began to enter their mind.
Then tragedy struck, as it does so often in these moments of temporary excitement. The Mitchell came too low, struck the tall chimneys on the house, an engine was torn out and Tony Brettell lost control.
The aircraft just managed to clear the orchard, with the pilot obviously trying desperately to put down in the large meadow at the rear of Eastham Church. But to no avail, out of control and with only two hours previously logged on the Mitchell his chances were nil. Flt./Sgt. Brettell perished along with his navigator.
Brettell a famous name in the Tenbury area, where Tony’s Father, the late Sqn./Ldr. W.D.M. Brettell landed his first aeroplane in the large field at Tenbury. He went later to live in Kenya where Tony was born. Tony later returned to this country as a young man, along with his brother Graham, to be educated at Oswestry School. A considerable part of his youth was spent in the long summer months at Eastham.
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The South Carolina National Guard Survivor Outreach Services conducts a "Tree for the Fallen" dedication ceremony at the State House in Columbia, South Carolina, Nov. 19, 2019, to honor Gold Star Mothers and Families and their fallen service members. The event included a ceremony for surviving Family members to decorate a tree in honor of their fallen service member to be displayed at the State House for their service and sacrifice to be remembered this holiday season. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brad Mincey, South Carolina National Guard)
The South Carolina National Guard Survivor Outreach Services conducts a "Tree for the Fallen" dedication ceremony at the State House in Columbia, South Carolina, Nov. 19, 2019, to honor Gold Star Mothers and Families and their fallen service members. The event included a ceremony for surviving Family members to decorate a tree in honor of their fallen service member to be displayed at the State House for their service and sacrifice to be remembered this holiday season. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brad Mincey, South Carolina National Guard)
1st Brigade Combat Team said farewll to CSM Tracey Loveall and welcomed CSM Mark Eckstrom during a change of responsibiity ceremony on August 31st, 2020, at Fort Drum, NY. (photos by Sgt. Cody W. Ewing)