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Re: Reginald Baker U.S. Navy (1942)
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 17 October 18 15:54 BST (UK) »
and the cooler version for your collection.
Carol
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Re: Reginald Baker U.S. Navy (1942)
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 17 October 18 21:52 BST (UK) »
Yes!
Thank you, Carol!
Stephen
Baker: Dorset, England > Newfoundland > Massachusetts
Peddle: England > Newfoundland
White: Dorset, England > Newfoundland
Magner: Co. Cork, Ireland > Boston
Otto: Eisfeld, Thuringia, Germany > Boston
McDonald: Co. Carlow, Ireland > Fall River, Massachusetts
Thayer: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England > Braintree, Massachusetts
Marks: Portugal > Massachusetts
Gilmore: Co. Westmeath, Ireland > Massachusetts
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Re: Reginald Baker U.S. Navy (1942)
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 17 October 18 21:55 BST (UK) »
A restore and a colour version from me
Pat
Pat,
These look great!
Thank you,
Stephen
Baker: Dorset, England > Newfoundland > Massachusetts
Peddle: England > Newfoundland
White: Dorset, England > Newfoundland
Magner: Co. Cork, Ireland > Boston
Otto: Eisfeld, Thuringia, Germany > Boston
McDonald: Co. Carlow, Ireland > Fall River, Massachusetts
Thayer: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England > Braintree, Massachusetts
Marks: Portugal > Massachusetts
Gilmore: Co. Westmeath, Ireland > Massachusetts
Farnum, Phillips: England > Barbados

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Re: Reginald Baker U.S. Navy (1942)
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 17 October 18 22:18 BST (UK) »
Yes!
Thank you, Carol!
Stephen

My pleasure....he was a very handsome young man!

Carol
CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: Reginald Baker U.S. Navy (1942)
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 17 October 18 23:41 BST (UK) »
Yes!
Thank you, Carol!
Stephen

My pleasure....he was a very handsome young man!

Carol


Yes, I agree.
His ship was bombed by the Luftwaffe at Bari Harbor, Italy on Dec 2, 1943. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for helping save his shipmates. He had to swim ashore, along with other survivors Seventeen ships were sunk.. One of the ships sunk (the John Harvey) was carrying a secret load of 100 tons of mustard gas, which emptied into the harbor. It took a long time for the doctors to figure out why so many men had skin blisters and respiratory problems.
Many later died from leukemia. Reginald died at 35 of leukemia, 15 years later, probably due to exposure to the poison gas.
Churchill and Roosevelt chose to conceal the matter, fearing Hitler would respond in kind. Actually, the Allies weren't planning on offensively using it, but were suspicious of Germany employing gas, so it was on the Harvey as a "just in case" measure. To this day it is hard to find info on the incident, which some call "Little Pearl Harbor."
Anyway, I thank you again!
Stephen
Baker: Dorset, England > Newfoundland > Massachusetts
Peddle: England > Newfoundland
White: Dorset, England > Newfoundland
Magner: Co. Cork, Ireland > Boston
Otto: Eisfeld, Thuringia, Germany > Boston
McDonald: Co. Carlow, Ireland > Fall River, Massachusetts
Thayer: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England > Braintree, Massachusetts
Marks: Portugal > Massachusetts
Gilmore: Co. Westmeath, Ireland > Massachusetts
Farnum, Phillips: England > Barbados

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Re: Reginald Baker U.S. Navy (1942)
« Reply #14 on: Thursday 18 October 18 08:06 BST (UK) »
Thanks for sharing that Stephen...you must be very proud of him! So sad that he died so young  ::)
I'm pleased that I was able to help with your photo.
Carol
CAPES Hull. KIRK  Leeds, Hull. JONES  Wales,  Lancashire. CARROLL Ireland, Lancashire, U.S.A. BROUGHTON Leicester, Goole, Hull BORRILL  Lincolnshire, Durham, Hull. GROOM  Wishbech, Hull. ANTHONY St. John's Nfld. BUCKNALL Lincolnshire, Hull. BUTT Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. PARSONS  Western Bay, Newfoundland. MONAGHAN  Ireland, U.S.A. PERRY Cheshire, Liverpool.
 
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Re: Reginald Baker U.S. Navy (1942)
« Reply #15 on: Thursday 18 October 18 10:04 BST (UK) »
A bit late to the party so I thought I'd try something a bit different.
The ship is the John Harvey.
If the dates are wrong, Stephen, just yell and I can fix them.
Cheers,
Peter
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Re: Reginald Baker U.S. Navy (1942)
« Reply #16 on: Thursday 18 October 18 13:19 BST (UK) »
A bit late to the party so I thought I'd try something a bit different.
The ship is the John Harvey.
If the dates are wrong, Stephen, just yell and I can fix them.
Cheers,
Peter

Peter,
This is absolutely beautiful. Just brilliant. Thank you so much. The John Harvey works perfectly in the background, as she, and the ship Reginald was on, were of a group of ships known as "Liberty Ships." I have been unable to find a pic of his ship, the John Bascom, but it was probably pretty much identical to the Harvey. One quick fix. He died a bit shy of his b-day, so if you could change his year of birth to 1922 ;)
So grateful.
Stephen
Baker: Dorset, England > Newfoundland > Massachusetts
Peddle: England > Newfoundland
White: Dorset, England > Newfoundland
Magner: Co. Cork, Ireland > Boston
Otto: Eisfeld, Thuringia, Germany > Boston
McDonald: Co. Carlow, Ireland > Fall River, Massachusetts
Thayer: Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England > Braintree, Massachusetts
Marks: Portugal > Massachusetts
Gilmore: Co. Westmeath, Ireland > Massachusetts
Farnum, Phillips: England > Barbados

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Re: Reginald Baker U.S. Navy (1942)
« Reply #17 on: Friday 19 October 18 00:32 BST (UK) »
Thanks for your lovely replies to all restorers, Stephen. It's responses like yours that keep us coming back for more! ;D
Here is my try again with the corrected date, and one without a date.
Hope your dad enjoys the restores.
Cheers,
Peter
Convicts: COSIER (1791); LEADBEATER (1791); SINGLETON (& PARKINSON) (1792); STROUD (1793); BARNES (aka SYDNEY) (1800); DAVIS (1804); CLARK (1806); TYLER (1810); COWEN (1818); ADAMS[ON] (1821); SMITH (1827); WHYBURN (1827); HARBORNE (1828).
Commoners: DOUGAN (1844); FORD (1849); JOHNSTON (1850); BEATTIE (& LONG) (1856); BRICKLEY (1883).
Outlaws: MCGREGOR (1883) & ass. clans, Glasgow, Glenquaich, Glenalmond and Glengyle.