| The HMS Cossack Association REUNIONS & NEWSLETTER PHOTOS |
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This page contains photos taken at the Annual Reunions between 2007 and 2009. |
Scroll down through the years to see what you want (latest first).
| REUNION 2009 at the Chatsworth Hotel, Worthing |
| Geirr Haar gave a talk and presentation about the sea war in Norway | ||
Geirr talking with Adm. Eberle |
The presentation begins |
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Pictures of WW2 action |
Altmark spotted from the air. |
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Geirr in full flow |
Cossack heading for Altmark. |
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| UP SPIRITS! | ||
The Rum Bosun, S/M Pat Gaffney, does the honours for S/M George Bye. |
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| MEMBERS & GUESTS AT THE 18TH REUNION DINNER |
Top Table - On the left Peter Harrison. On the right, from the front, Keith Batcheler, Pam Satterthwaite, Chairman Ken and President Jim. |
S/M Alec Childs talking with Mrs. S.M. Smith. |
Facing the camera - Shipmates King Hannafor, Bye and Mrs. Beryl Bye. |
S/M Mick Thorpe, Mrs. Joyce Harris, S/M & Mrs. Peter Taylor. |
S/M Doug & Mrs. Irene Parkinson. |
S/M Jack Price (bottom left corner)with Mrs. Carole Batchelor talking with Graham Berthon on the risht. |
S/M Clive Hopkins on the right, with S/M Les Taylor on the left. |
Geirr Haarr thanks the Association |
The President making his after dinner speech |
Geirr is presented with a Cossack Ship's Badge wall plaque |
Keith Batchelor presents Admiral Eberle with a framed cartoon drawn by the late S/M Larry Hazell |
Mrs. Merry Swan & Geirr Haarr applaud the presentation |
Time to find the bar - S/M Jack Race leads the way |
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| REUNION 2008 at the Chatsworth Hotel, Worthing |
| Meeting our Norwegian friends before dinner | ||
S/M Ken Robinson with Cecilie Nesvold and her daughters, Anette and Elisabeth |
S/M Pat Gaffney and wife Val join the throng, met by S/M Ken Satterthwaite |
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| Members and guests at dinner | ||
S/M Peter Taylor (left) and son Paul (right) |
Val Gaffney tucks in, with husband Pat hidden between her and Irene Parkinson at the top table |
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S/M Tony Lunn (left) talks with S/M Alec Childs |
Shipmates Alan Quartermaine and George Woodford |
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S/M Jack Race, Mrs. Carol Melia, S/M Ken Sutton Mrs. & S/M Peter Lee |
Elisabeth Nesvold talking with S/M Ken Robinson, with S/M Peter Hampstead on the right |
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S/M Peter Hamstead, Jean Hampstead, S/M Ron and Doreen Handford with Ernie & Angie Watts in the distance on left with S/M Frank Thomas on right |
S/M Peter Harrison & Margaret Harrison (right) opposite Sheila & S/M Peter Marchant next to June & Ron Slade |
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Martin & Iris Loughlin and S/M Tom & Norma Kay(left) with S/M Jack Price on right |
S/M Jack & Pam Price, Mr. Blackband with Alma Eaton |
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More of the Taylor family |
S/M John Knight and the Cook family (far side of table) with Mrs. Boyd and S/M's Ron Dearing, John Jenkins and Dave Fenton (near side) |
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Jean & Pat Riall with Jean & Alan Edinborough |
Alan Edinborough, Margaret & Peter Harrison |
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The Dining Room and Kitchen staff line up, with John Knight and partner in the foreground |
Finn Nesvold makes his after dinner speech |
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Finn with Cecilie Nesvold, Ken Satterthwaite (Chairman)and Sheila |
Finn hands over the Sokndal table banner to the Association |
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| Some members and guests relaxing after dinner | ||
Ken and Sheila Satterthwaite with Irene and Doug Parkinson |
Larry Hazell with Finn Nesvold |
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Mrs Kit Pugh and her niece |
Jo Bishop with Stan Hannaford |
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Cecilie and Anette Nesvold check their raffle tickets |
Well, who's a lucky girl then. Elisabeth finds she has won four prizes! |
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| REUNION 2007 | ||
| Some of the displays and memorabilia in the Archive Room | ||
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| Members and guests relaxing on the Friday evening | ||
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| Members attending the AGM followed by a Board & Search School presentation by Lieutenant Pete Briggs of HMS RALEIGH | ||
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| Retiring as Rum Bosun after 14 years, Peter Marchant receives a just reward | ||
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| A galvanised planter complete with plastic plant hides a better reward! | ||
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| Our special guest, Noel Bevan, who was one of the merchant seaman prisoners who were released from the German prison ship Altmark when she was boarded by HMS Cossack in Jossingfjord in February 1940. Here Noel Bevan (left) discusses it with the Chairman, Ken Satterthwaite, and the President, Admiral Sir James Eberle, before the banquet dinner. Below some of the members and guests at the dinner. |
| The Reunion Dinner | |
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For further information on the association's activities, an abridged version of the last two HMS Cossack association newsletters are available for download by clicking here:
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