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A very belated tribute to my long-lost father
I chose his ship as a header because it was his last resting place.
After the worst of the Blitz¹ came the Dreaded Telegram. Although
I can't remember my father, I do vividly remember being terrified
at seeing my mother break down in tears before even opening the message; "... missing presumed killed". It was everybody's worst nightmare. My father's ship, HMS Dunedin, had gone down² with most of her crew on the 24th November 1941.
Exactly 80 years ago today
★ If you are wondering why I waited so long, please read on.
My mother had been devastated but had never given up hope that my father was still alive as a prisoner of war and that one day he would come back to us. My uncle, for his part, had never been satisfied with just a telegram and a simple citation (see below). He had never ceased to pester the Admiralty for more information till long after the war was over. But nothing was ever forthcoming. Both my mother and my uncle died long before the truth was out and I remained in the dark³, until...
In 2019 (only 2 years ago) I read a book called: BLOOD IN THE SEA - HMS DUNEDIN AND THE ENIGMA CODE: A must-read, written by Stuart Gill son of one of the very few survivors of the ill-fated ship.
As I read it, I discovered - to my horror - the tragic events that took place all those years ago. In my mind’s eye, I witnessed the tragedy as it unfolded. I came to know the various characters, their hopes and finally their despairs. I also discovered the extent to which the Enigma code was involved which no doubt explains why the Admiralty had remained silent for so long.
There was even a passage in the book about my father who was described as being brave and even jovial right up till the end despite the excruciating pain he must have been suffering from his wounds. He had been carried to a raft and died a few hours later. The passage ended with the touching words: "Poor Horace".
My father must also have known that he was about to die without ever seeing his loved ones again and knowing that they too were in the thick of it⁴. I suddenly realised that I was one of his loved ones.
I had known my father but I'd been a toddler at the time too young to be able to remember him later; something I deeply regret. All I want to do now is wipe away the tears and keep his memory alive.
The cracking of the Enigma code at Bletchley Park in July 1941 was one of the closest guarded secrets of the Second World War. Indeed, the very fact was not made public till the 1970s and the full story till the 1990s but even then, I was unaware of any connection between the code and my father’s ship - until I read the book!
On the 15th June 1941, Dunedin captured the German tanker Lothringen along with vital Enigma material for Bletchley Park. A month later the Enigma code was cracked.
Four months later, Dunedin was directed to her doom by orders emanating from a decoded Enigma message. She had been sent to intercept another tanker before rendezvousing with four U-boats.
It was like throwing a cat into a lion’s den: A light cruiser was no match for a U-boat let alone four.
But Dunedin was the only ship within range and, of course, we were at war. It had been thought that Dunedin could intercept the tanker well before the rendezvous would take place; a high-risk gamble. But with the benefit of hindsight, it would seem that the U-boats were already deployed around the tanker to protect it and its precious cargo. This measure would probably have been standard procedure and therefore never mentioned in any message.
Tankers played a major role in the Battle of the Atlantic keeping the Wolfpack U-boats fully replenished at sea where they were required to remain for very long periods!
Although it all happened a long time ago, for me, reading the book and following up on the web has been like hearing the news of what happened yesterday. I was able to share some of the grief that my poor mother must have been overcome with at the time. She had spared me the pain that she had been suffering alone and in silence.
We had never talked about my father or the war after it was over; everybody had wanted to put it all behind them. It hadn’t been easy; loved ones lost forever, widows in black everywhere, the blind and the crippled walking the streets as best they could, with rubble all over the place, and rationing for years to come. The post war years in Britain had been difficult but at least the killing and destruction had ceased, and we had survived - while so many others hadn't.
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★ Read more about the book and buy it if you so wish (new tab)
★ HMS Dunedin - Wikipedia (new tab)
★ How Alan Turing cracked the Enigma code (new tab)
¹ The Blitz – The air raids on Britain in 1940-41; Portsmouth being
one of the closest and main targets. Along with the fall of France,
they were, for us, the darkest hours of the war. We were all alone
and on our knees preparing for invasion.
² to go down = sombrer / couler
³ to remain in the dark = rester dans l'ignorance
⁴ to be in the thick of it = être en plein dedans
They gave their lives so that we might live in peace and freedom.
Lest we forget!
Fate : That supposed force that predetermines major events that come our way. It can be kind or cruel. It can bring people together or tear them apart. It strikes without warning and there's nothing we can do about it!
Take great care, my friends, and many, many thanks for calling,
Colin …
P.S. The picture has notes. If you can't see them, going to lightbox and back again should do the trick. It's simply a Flickr quirk.
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Dùn Èideann / Caeredin / Edinburgh
A bheil fios aig cuideigin càite a bheil seo? / A oes rhywun yn gwybod ble mae hwn? / Does anyone recognise where this is?
This band is local to New Haven, Connecticut, but they performed at 33 Golden Street, New London, Connecticut. Just purchased the Fuji Film 16 mm F1.4 lens to use when photographing bands. The lighting conditions are very low but with the Fuji Film X-T2 and this sweet new lens, I was able to photograph them without too much graininess. I used manual exposure and had good luck with this.
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Former office of the now defunct newspaper The Evening Telegram. Now it's a bank; in Portland, Oregon. The building is in the National Register of Historic Places.
“It is my intention to live to at least a hundred, so that I can get a telegram from the Queen, or the King.”
Description: This telegram from Gerhart Riegner, Secretary of the World Jewish Congress in Geneva, was received by the Foreign Office in August 1940. The telegram was among the first pieces of unambiguous evidence received by the Allies that the Nazi Government planned a 'final solution' to the "Jewish question".
Some comments within the file show officials suggested the telegram be used to influence the Vatican to condemn German atrocities more strenuously. Another civil servant dismisses Riegner's report as a "rather wild story".
Samuel Sydney Silverman, the telegram's intended recipient, was the Labour MP for the Lancashire constituency of Nelson and Colne. Silverman was a campaigner for Jewish rights, amongst other causes including opposition to capital punishment.
Date: August 10th 1942
Our Catalogue Reference: FO 371/30917
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March 1st 1891
From: Horace Tozer
Addressed to: Sir Samuel Griffith
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from reliable information believe unionists intend wreck every train carrying free labourers or troops
drivers and stokers frightened for their own safety intend hold meeting consider whether they will drive trains
unionists declared will damage Govt property unless settlement labor question speedily arrived at believing govt are supporting
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pastoralists also that twenty mounted unionists left Barcaldine for Oakwood with intrsutctions to ? to pull out new shearing at any cost pastroal manifests made men very bitter.
? reports confirm about hundred formed there ahead ? thus unionists collecting large numbers. Cappella propose intimidating ? Downs shearers finishing there
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Tuesday next those who rushed at police on Peak Downs Plains on Thursday whilst escorting shearers should be prosecuted other wise they will go to further lengths so that life and property will nowhere be secure it is a mistake to suppose that patience and leniency will have better effect than
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? retribution unionists have every consideration shown them without any effect deserved few have been committed some of those who attacked White were armed these are now waiting to attack Gordon Downs labourers I would recommend that a good many of these be prosecuted by
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arresting such many arms can be taken which will virtually disarm them unless something active is done strike will last longer than any one supposed and get more serious I add that I have repeatedly directed Ranking as Ahern suggests and have dones so again today in distinct terms.
From my uncle (Ruth's son) "My Mom once told me a story, that she took my father to the Subway in New York. Let’s say it was 110th St. She watched the train leave and the next day busted him for going to see another woman. He was flabbergasted, and sputtered some protest until she said, “You took an uptown train. It was empty. If you’d have been going to the Bridge you’d have sat down. But the next stop was 125th street, so you stood because you were getting off and catching a downtown train there. He confessed. Seems like trouble was brewing. Wish I knew the date."
Attraverso un algoritmo sviluppato sia per Twitter che per Telegram infatti, questo BOT (programma
euro2016, bot, telegram articolo completo: www.diggita.it/v.php?id=1540778
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Otra obra que hice para Chatarra Exposición de Arte Colectivo.
Hoy es el último día de la muestra, es en la Capilla del Paseo del Buen Pastor, Córdoba. Estamos hasta las 18, no dejen de visitarla!
"Chatarra es un espacio cultural multidisciplinario que promueve distintas formas de concientización creativa sobre el cuidado del medio ambiente, aplicando el Arte como herramienta de transformación social. El fin que persigue es generar un espacio de reflexión, utilizando herramientas creativas y didácticas para abordar, en forma original, una problemática que nos involucra a todos.
Nuestra exposición de artE COlectivo es un enorme collage donde todos estos procesos conviven, se enriquecen mutuamente, mutan y surgen nuevos para seguidamente cambiar. Es un momento de creatividad máxima, donde no existen los inútiles… Todo es útil, todo se transforma."
Para más información y para contactarse con la comunidad de Chatarra, pueden consultar en su propio espacio y en particular en el evento de inauguración, a la que todos ya quedan invitados!
Por último, acá, una nota que hizo Ay Mag sobre Chatarra: www.aymag.com.ar/arte-y-diseno/chatarra-en-transformacion/ :)
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Another collage I made for Chatarra ('Scrap'), an Exhibition of collective art which ends up this same afternoon at the Capilla del Paseo del Buen Pastor, Córdoba.
."Chatarra is a multidisciplinary cultural space that promotes various forms of creative awareness about caring for the environment, using art as a tool for social transformation. The purpose pursued by is to generate a space for reflection, using creative and educational tools to address, in original form, an issue that involves us all. Our collective art exhibition is a huge collage where all these processes together, mutually enrich themselves, mutate and emerge new to then change. It is a time of maximum creativity, where there is no waste... Everything is useful, everything is transformed."
Since I was invited to be part of this I felt very very pleased with the whole idea and their approach to such subjects, since I recover and seek elements and materials that are within my reach to transform them whenever I can.
For further information and contact with the community of scrap, can be found in their own space here www.facebook.com/ChatarraCba?fref=ts
There's also an interview Ay Mag made about the whole project and this particular event here: www.aymag.com.ar/arte-y-diseno/chatarra-en-transformacion/ :)