Gallantry of our Mercantile Marine
The following extract from a letter written by the Rev. Canon Purcell, Vicar
Fowey, to Captain RH Ivey, the Society’s Relief Officer in London, emphasises
the gallantry of our Mercantile Marine:- “I hope before the end of this
year to have collections in Fowey Church on behalf of that most excellent and
valued Society which you represent – The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’
Royal Benevolent Society. No one who is worthy of the name of a Britisher
but must be filled with the greatest admiration for what our mariners and
fishermen have done for us all during the past three years. Their deeds,
their heroism, their glorious devotion and self-sacrifice are immortally
written on the page of history. I hope and pray that our children’s children
may never be allowed to forget their noble deeds.”
| Title |
Gallantry of our Mercantile Marine
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|---|---|
| Subject |
Ivey, R. H.
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| Item date |
September 1917
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| Creation place |
Fowey
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
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| Filename |
GWA_3960_Gallantry_of_our_Mercantile_Marine.txt
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Julia Allison
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Shipwrecked Mariners' Society
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Collection
Citation
“Gallantry of our Mercantile Marine,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 17, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5691.
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