Ire fortiter quo nemo ante iit.

  
Remembering
Michael Walsh Leading Fireman RFA Creosol died 7th of february 1918
William Brocklehurst Scullion RFA Creosol died 7th of february 1918
W J Lawrence Donkeyman RFA Berta died 7th of february 1946
Fairy Godmothers

A correspondent of the Glasgow Herald in October 1953 told his readers that Admiral the Earl Mountbatten, the Fourth Sea Lord, had described the ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary as ‘Fairy Godmothers of the Fleet’. The Admiral went onto say – ‘It is, of course, appropriate, for the Fleet could not operate without the faithful RFA’s which work silently and efficiently, and are largely unknown to the public.’

 

 
 

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