Think I've got it right this time!

As promised a photo of Leading Stoker Reginald Wells, by kind permission of Effingham Local History Group.

As I mentioned in a an earlier posting this photo turned up in an old album in Effingham, if you compare the photo of Reginald Wells to the few photos I have posted on this site earlier, esp the one of the three sailors together I am 99% certain that this is the same chap in who appears in the few photos I have, plus given the dates and info I have noted earlier.

Tony

HMS Kent and Canterbury Cathedral.

Good afternoon.

I am a volunteer guide in Canterbury Cathedral and I am preparing a document on HMS Kent and her part in the battle, to mark the centenary next year.   Much of the material gathered so far is freely available on the web, but our aim is to reflect the people involved.   Might I ask if any of you who had relatives on HMS Kent would be willing to pass on any family oral history about daily life on the ship or the battle itself?

I am also researching in the cathedral archives to try to find out what happpened to the flags that were laid up in the cathedral in 1916.   They are not on show and nobody knows what has happened to them.   If anyone can shine any light on that mystery it would be much appreciated.

Many thanks to John Valentine for all the help he has given me.

Kind regards to all

Adrian Beaumont