MN Stamp of Approval.

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SS TREVESSA / CPT CECIL FOSTER. I just found a copy of the original article published by Stanley Gibbons, the article is the original piece we had published from the Barry MNA in our part of the quest for an MN Stamp of Approval.



Stanley Gibbons paid an unexpected £50 for the article which kick started our fund for Cecil's grave refurbishment and we got the MN stamps.

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Stamp of approval at last for Merchant Navy and Barry seamen

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Thursday, 20 June 2013
Merchant Navy issue also honours Arctic Convoys

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MERCHANT NAVY STAMP OF APPROVAL

Defeat was mighty close in the second greatest war,
Five thousand ships with cargos sent to the ocean floor,
Merchant men were slaughtered sustaining our lifeline,
The Country issued ration books so desperate was the time.

A crisis at the Home Front, foodstuff very short,
Rations and provisions scarcely making port,
Convoys steaming steadfast under Red Ensigns,
Faced demise from U-boats, the bombers and the mines.

There were many heroes on land and sea and air,
And thirty thousand Seamen gave their lives out there,
Transporting reinforcements, resources and supplies,
And fuel to fly the spitfires fighting in the skies.

Perhaps we should commend them by illustrating stamps,
With the freighters and the liners, the tankers and the tramps,
It would be a special tribute, rather overdue,
To mariners who manned them and a way to say thank you.

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