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NAVY NEWS, OCTOBER 1999
People in the News
PT instructor Joins the professionals at Plymouth A DREAM came true for Navy Physical
Training Instructor Mark O'Malley when he was asked to play with a professional football team. The PTI from HMS Raleigh had spent a week putting the players of Third Division Plymouth Argyle through their paces in preparation for the
new season. During the training Mark's skills were noticed by Plymouth team Manager Kevin Hodges, and he was invited to play in a local match against Torpoint Athletic.
The match was a 1-0 victory for Plymouth with a goal from midfielder Chris Leadbetter in the first half, so Mark can say he has never lost a match in
his professional career! Afterwards, he said: "It has been a wonderful opportunity to work alongside a professional team
and I have picked up some useful tips to pass on to new recruits during their training sessions."
• KNEES UP: Raleigh PTI Mark O'Malley (in red) puts Plymouth through their paces.
• REUNITED: Schoolmates Surg Lt Cdr Graham Johnson and Major David Kernohan, Royal Artillery. Picture: Cpi Lancaster. RAF
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When the destroyer came alongside in Sydney he was able to collected an Edwardian chair bought by his late father, and to show his appreciation he presented HMS Glasgow's CO, Cdr John King, with a piece of aboriginal art. Lt Cdr Abraham-Jones (above) is a Falklands veteran and was an RN lieutenant before emigrating and joining the RAN and the antique chair had been in storage in Cornwall since his father died ten years ago. Derek said: "I had thought about bringing it over as freight but was worried about it getting lost or broken. Then a friend in Portsmouth told me that HMS Glasgow was coming over to \Australia and put me in touch. I am very grateful." J
AN INCREDIBLE coincidence brought two old schoolmates together for the first time in 16 years.
Gibraltar Squadron's Surg Lt Cdr Graham Johnson hadn't seen his friend David Kernohan since they left King Edward VI school in Stratford. So he was stunned to find
Both have young families
him on his doorstep asking to borrow a cup of sugar, having been posted to the quarters next to him as a Major in the Royal Artillery.
and say that they will definitely
The pair were in the same class at the Stratford school and sat next to each other for seven years. But after their A levels, they went their separate ways, David to the Royal Military
Academy at Sandhurst and Graham to the University of London to study medicine. After renewing their acquaintance, both are now moving on again, with Graham
going into private practice in Tavistock, Devon and David going to the Joint Services
Staff College in Shrivenham, Wiltshire.
WELCOME ASHORE!
LT CDR Derek Abraham-Jones of the Royal Australian Navy had HMS Glasgow to thank for transporting a family heirloom half way round the world.
be keeping in touch in future.
CBF flys with
the Hawks THE
NEW
Commander
British Forces Gibraltar gained a unique overview of
operations when he took a familiarisation
flight
with
74(F) Hawk Squadron. Ten aircraft from the squadron were on a training mission in Gibraltar and Commodore Andrew Willmett joined Fit Lt
Adam Segal on one of the 186 training sorties which they flew.
• HIGH FLYER: CBF Gibraltar, Commodore Andrew Willmett, with 74 (F) Squadron's Fit Lt Adam Segal. Picture: Cpi Lancaster. RAF
Naval collection is a lifetime's work
The Royal Alfred was established in 1865 to alleviate distress among seafarer, both serving and retired, and their widows.
THE HOME of a former airman is
Today the Society provides full nursing care, as well as residential
collection of Naval memorabilia.
and sheltered accommodation, at establishments in rural Surrey and in Eastbourne. Convalescent and respite care is also available. For further information, including the availability of accommodation, please contact the General Secretary.
Ronald Steele has made it "a lifetime's obsession" collecting lead model ships, postcards, cigarette cards and similar items - and now reckons it would be hard to put a price on them. Although he was called up to serve in the RAF, his feelings for the Senior Service never wavered: "Ever since I was a very small child I always thought the most important thing to this country is the Royal Navy - it's the be-all and end-all," said Mr Steele. That faith is reflected in the 500 or more tiny metal models, many made by Treforest Mouldings with prices of five or six shillings - Mr Steele still has the boxes they came in. All the ships of the Grand Fleet are there in showcases around his home, along with ships lost
the unlikely setting for an unrivalled
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• COLLECTOR: Mr Ronald Steele, who has spent a lifetime gathering Naval memorabilia. Picture: Mike Gray
at Pearl Harbor, German capital ships, and many modern RN warships. Among the lead models sits a beautifully-detailed wooden one of the German Prinze Eugen, built by a sailor who served in her in the North Atlantic. Mr Steele's interest in deltiology collecting postcards - and philately
opened new avenues, and he has mintcondition sealed sets of cards with stirring names such as Hearts of Oak, They All Love Jack and It's the Navy with mar-
ket values of over £700 each. Apart from the collections in their sealed packets, Mr Steele has 12 volumes of cards, with at least 250 cards in each volume - many of them rarely seen. Among individual examples is one commemorating the world-record feat of coaling HMS Illustrious in October
1907 - 262.5 tons in an hour - and others from Japan to mark visits by British warships.