Post by Admin on Sept 9, 2013 14:50:27 GMT -5
Proms night for HMS Trinidad Arctic Convoy veteran:
The last surviving crew member of a ship lost in the Arctic Convoys will be at the Last Night of the Proms for a special march dedicated to the vessel.
HMS Trinidad went down in 1942 - just seven months after the new cruiser undertook its first mission.
John Farrow, from Pembrokeshire, was a 20-year-old gunner on the ship.
Now 92, he will be at the Royal Albert Hall for a performance written by the late composer George Lloyd - a Royal Marines bandsman on the ship.
Lloyd's piece was adopted as the official march for the ship, which at its launch was regarded as one of the fastest and most technically advanced vessels in the Navy.
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The last surviving crew member of a ship lost in the Arctic Convoys will be at the Last Night of the Proms for a special march dedicated to the vessel.
HMS Trinidad went down in 1942 - just seven months after the new cruiser undertook its first mission.
John Farrow, from Pembrokeshire, was a 20-year-old gunner on the ship.
Now 92, he will be at the Royal Albert Hall for a performance written by the late composer George Lloyd - a Royal Marines bandsman on the ship.
Lloyd's piece was adopted as the official march for the ship, which at its launch was regarded as one of the fastest and most technically advanced vessels in the Navy.
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