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A Limbourne survivor whose family continued to honour both ships at the National Memorial Arboretum.
Writing to the Charybdis and Limbourne Association in 2008, Neil Wood identified himself, George Brown and Alan Larcombe as Limbourne survivors in a photograph with the First Sea Lord in Guernsey.
Neil Wood's association note, 2008When a permanent memorial to both ships was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in October 2020, Neil's family was represented. Guernsey Press identified photographer Andrew Lake as his grandson-in-law and reported that Andrew's son Callum also attended. Andrew supplied the photographs of the ceremony.
Guernsey Press: the memorial unveiling and Wood family connectionNeil Wood identifies these three Limbourne survivors in his 2008 association note at the end of the page.
Loss and Commemoration of HMS Charybdis — Charybdis AssociationThe register is a growing collection of sourced records. It is not a verified list of everyone aboard on the final night.
An association booklet brings together the Admiralty battle summary, photographs, newspaper material and later reunions. Its layered record connects the action at sea with wartime funerals, surviving shipmates and the long relationship with Guernsey.
Open original source ↗News · Guernsey PressReports the unveiling of a permanent memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum. Survivor Roger Roberts laid a wreath, while descendants of Limbourne survivor Neil Wood joined families marking the loss during pandemic travel restrictions.
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