Remembering

Some years ago the Falmouth Branch of the Royal Naval Association of which I am Chairman was contacted by an antiques dealer stating that he had a silver tray commemorating the death of a Falmouth Royal Naval Rating in WWII.

The plate commemorates the death of John Kenneth Ainsworth Parnell a Telegraphist; Service number D/JX 194166; Killed In Action on 16 June 1942 at the sinking of HMS Hermoine.

The Falmouth Branch purchased the plate and preserved it but with no premises of their own to display it the Branch took the decision to donate the plate to Falmouth Town Council where it will be permanently displayed.

It was handed over in a short ceremony following Falmouth Town Councils signing of the Armed Forces Covenant yesterday.  Todays photograph shows Falmouth Town Mayor Grenville Chappell accepting the plate from me.