The Funeral of
Ann Bond
The funeral of Ann Bond took place on 15th
February at Worlingham Church, Nr Beccles. Ann had been a member of
the branch for just over a year and had been battling with a
debilitating illness for some time. However, this did not stop her
from joining us on our recent trip to Italian Battlefields. It was
a particularly poignant trip for her as her father had fought at
Monte Casino. Ann will be missed by all of us and our thoughts are
with Ian and the family.
Funeral of Edward Ernest (Ben) Brooks
Friday 21st
December 2007
The Funeral of former Royal Marine, Edward
Ernest (Ben) Brooks was held at 1.15 pm
on Friday 21st December at St. Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft,
with a Guard of Honour being provided by the Lowestoft Branch of
the Royal Marines Association, Standard Bearers from the RMA
(Lowestoft Branch) and RNA (Beccles Branch), and a Bugler from
Portsmouth. The Church was very full of friends and family, and the
service poignant and moving, particularly with the playing of the
Last Post which ought a lump to the throat and tear to the eye, as
well as being an extremely proud moment for the family in honouring
a much loved father and grandfather.
Part of the Guard of Honour
–
Bugler, Mike Smith, Peter Eagle-Bott and
David Young
Standard Bearers RMA and
RNA
Members of the Guard of Honour
Funeral of Captain Edward (Ned) Jenner Hogg
RM
17th January
2008
On Thursday 17th January there was the
Funeral of Captain Edward (Ned) Jenner Hogg, RM, at Pettistree,
near Woodbridge.
Captain Hogg was born in China on
11th February 1919 and joined the Royal Marines as a
probationary 2nd Lieutenant in September 1937, then
doing 3 years at Eastney and Whale Island, at HMS Iron Duke, at HMS
Vernon and finally at the RM Small Arms School in a tented camp at
Browndown near Gosport Hants. In 1939 he was posted as acting
Lieutenant to HMS Edinburgh and in October of that year saw the
first air raid of the war on UK that targeted Rosyth where HMS
Edinburgh was in harbour. He served on the Ark Royal in 1941,
before being promoted to Captain and joining HMS Dorestshire
Eastern Fleet from 1942, spending 36 hours in the water when the
ship was sunk by Japanese aircraft. He was eventually picked up by
the Australian destroyer Paladin and taken to the Maldives before
eventually arriving back in Liverpool. He was mentioned in
dispatches. In 1943 he joined HMS Emerald as OC RM and joined the
Eastern Fleet in Ceylon, the Emerald sailed back to the UK in
January 1944 to take part in the D-Day landings, and this was when
Ned was mentioned in dispatches for the 2nd
time.
1946/1948 various RN/RM appointments including being on the
Admiral’s staff in Hamburg
1949/1950 Infantry School / Commando
School
1950/1952 Instructor at NCO’s School in
Plymouth
1952/1956 RN Staff College – Greenwich. Staff of
CGRM
1956/1958 Staff Officer Intelligence in
Bermuda
1958/1959 Staff of RMR London before
retiring.
1959 Civilian Life - Established Bristol Merchant
Finance with another Royal Marine
(Colin Oldham), which was sold in 1973.
1982 August - Moved from Bristol to
Pettistree nr Woodbridge, Suffolk, where he died on 6th
January 2008.
After discussion with the family it was decided that the funeral
would be conducted in a fairly low-key way regarding military
presence. Accordingly the coffin was draped in the White Ensign,
and only two members of the Lowestoft Branch of the Royal Marines
attended, however, Bugler Kerry Silk, from the Portsmouth Band,
drove up from Portsmouth to play the Last Post and Reveille. Her
playing was superb and much appreciated by the family many of whom
thanked her personally.
Bugler Kerry
Silk
Sidney Frank
Hale
27th September 1925 ---- 8th January 2008
Sid received the Call to Arms on his 18th birthday, and joined the
Royal Navy. On the 29th December 1943 was on his way to his
first ship H.M.S.Royal Arthur, and for the Russian Convoys. Sid
went on 6 Russian convoys all told, before being sent on the
Atlantic Convoys, in which he spent his time on the Northern Run,
Scotland, Iceland, Canada, U.S.A. and back again. He was in 8 ships
altogether. The one he liked most was HMS
Opportune.
After the war he was de-mobbed in
March 1946, he joined the Post Office seventually becoming the Head
Post Master in Halesworth -a post he kept until he
retired.
Soon after leaving the Royal Navy, he joined the Royal Naval
Association in Aldeburgh, then he was persuaded to join the
Lowestoft branch of the Royal Marines Association, he then joined
the British Legend in Halesworth. He was a well liked and respected
member of each group, always willing to give a hand when needed.He
will be missed by all who new him, as was evident by those who
attended his funeral.
There were 3 Standards, one from each Association
A Guard of Honour of 25, and
muffled drums were played.
The church was full of friends and neighbours, some one was heard
to say that every member of the Halesworth branch of Probus had
come to see him off.
The Funeral of Douglas John Langridge
25th
January 2008
On Friday 25th January the funeral of Douglas John
Langridge took place at St. Mary’s Parish Church, a small, but
attractive little church in the village of Bawdsey.
John Langridge served in the Marines in Burma behind enemy lines
with 385 Detachment Royal Marines, which was the forerunner of the
S.B.S.
Standard Bearer –Alan
Middleton-Stewart
Members of the Guard of Honour, Joe Maude, Rod Spinks and George
Simmonds, with Bugler Kerry Silk and Standard Bearer, Alan
Middleton-Stewart
Rod Spinks and Bugler Kerry Silk with the
deceased’s Grandson and RSM in the Ghurkhas