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Acting Petty Officer, D/J 109856, Cyril Horace Heywood Poole photo collection

A small collection of photographs belonging to the late Cyril Poole . Born 20th August 1908 in Witton-cum-Twambrooks, Cheshire, England, Son of Matilda Maud Poole, and Horace Heywood Poole. Died - April 27th 1941, aged 33, aboard the HMS Wreyneck when she was sunk by German war planes of the coast of Greece.

Photographs kindly supplied by Cyril's sister Muriel via Wayne Colton

 

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HMS Berwick China Station 1930s

HMS Berwick - County class heavy cruiser
HMS Berwick 1933-34 cruise
HMS Berwick - Lay over at Port Said
HMS Berwick - Lay over at Port Said
Passing the tanker MV British Diplomat while passing through the Suez Canal.
HMS Berwick - Leper Island at Aden
HMS Berwick - Mail boat at Aden
HMS Berwick - Singapore to Hong Kong
Fairey Flycatcher floatplane about to be catapulted from HMS Berwick.
Hoisting a torpedo on board.
Hong Kong - Laying Wreaths on Armistice Day
Hong Kong - Royal Navy Cemetery
Happy Valley Racecourse Hong Kong - Naval Landing Parties parade for Admiral Dreyer 1933
Happy Valley Racecourse Hong Kong - a Platoon from HMS Eagle ready for inspection by the Admiral.
Happy Valley Racecourse Hong Kong - HMS Cumberland’s 3.7-inch Naval Howitzer Section pass the saluting stand.
Happy Valley Racecourse Hong Kong - HMS Berwick Royal Marine Detachment pass the saluting stand
HMS Berwick crew at a sporting event ashore.
Hong Kong -HMS Berwick's Mouth Organ Band 1
Hong Kong -HMS Berwick's Mouth Organ Band 2
HMS Berwick - the cheering Section 1933
Hong Kong - Christmas1933,  in drag?
HMS Berwick – one of the Mess decks decorated and ready for Christmas dinner.
HMS Aphis - Insect class river gunboat, part of the Yangtze Flotilla.

 

4th Submarine Flotilla

The O-class submarine HMS Odin
The O-class submarine HMS Olympus
The O-class submarine HMS Orpheus
The O-class submarine HMS Osiris
The O-class submarine HMS Oswald
The O-class submarine HMS Otus
The Parthian-class submarine HMS Pandora
The Parthian-class submarine HMS Parthian
The Parthian-class submarine HMS Perseus
The Parthian-class submarine HMS Phoenix
The Parthian-class submarine HMS Proteus
The Rainbow-class submarine HMS Rainbow

 

HMS Wryneck

The W-class destroyer HMS Wryneck
Petty Officer Cyril Horace Heywood Poole

 



 

 

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