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brettbn	HMS Campion.	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1 (01/08/08 10:48:30) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help me? Im looking for A crew list and also to see if i can find any surviving crew members of the Campion. All help will be wonderful. My grandfather was Robert T Nicholson as far as i know he helped launched the depth chargers.
bhall69534	H M S Campion	#1	[-]
Posts: 1 (24/08/08 10:16:03) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi My father Leslie Aisne Brown was with HMS Campion on 9 August 1941 to February 1942. Unfortunately he died in June 2005 but I do have a couple of old photos of his time on the Campion. He was an Engine Roon Artificer 4. I also have an e-mail address for a gentleman by the name of Geoff Drummond who is still alive and well and served on the Campion around the same time as my father - in fact for a lot longer (I believe). If this is any interest to you, please let me know and I'll happily forward all the information that I have. Likewise, I would be very grateful for any info you may have. Have you tried looking at the Flower Class Corvette website? You may find some useful information there. I look forward to hearing from you. Kind regards Barbara Hall
brettbn		#2	[-]
Posts: 2 (30/08/08 22:02:42) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi Mrs B Hall Thankyou for taking the time to reply to my post. Ive been trying to find infomation on the Campion as it soon to be my Fathers birthday, So I thought i would be able to gets photos, info that kind of thing so I can give him A lovely present from his 14 month grandson. But this has turned in to quest by me to find everything i can about my Grandfather and the Campion. So your email has just made my day, month and year. I dont have any info just yet as i dont want to ask my father as that will give the game away. As soon as i do i promise your the first to know! I hope its possible for you to pass your info on to me, i promise its going to a good home. It would be fantastic to be able to speak to Mr Drummond, if at all possible! Again i would like to thank you for your email. Thank you so much Brett Nicholson
bhall69534	Campion	#3	[-]
Posts: 2 (31/08/08 20:50:18) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hello Brett Thank you for your lovely message. If you would like to forward me you e-mail address I will gladly e-mail you with Geoff Drummonds e-mail and also photographs and any other infomation I have. I have a couple of photes of some of the crewe of the Campion (unfortunately one of them is very blurred!) and also a wonderful photo of my father with a fellow crewe mate (name not known) and they look like a pair of Pirates! My e-mail address is bhall69534@aol.com. I look forward to hearing you. Kind regards Barbara Hall
Mark Walters FCCA Member	Campion	#4	[-]
Posts: 1031 (04/09/08 10:16:52) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi Brett and Barbara and welcome to the forums! Great to find two more people with ex Campion relatives on the forums. Brett - have you seen the images of Campion and her crew on this forum in the Images section here http://theflowerclasscorv...u.com/reply/423#reply-423 All of the crew photos were copied to me by Geoff Drummond and you might find your grandfather in amongst the faces as there are quite a few photos taken down by the depth chargers and a formal photo of most of the crew at Alexandria. My stepfather, Ron Jones, was a Leading Seaman ASDIC operator on Campion, but started out as an Ordinary Seaman. He was on Campion from Spring 42 to Spring 45. He is still with us, but quite ill with cancer at the moment. I have a full breakdown of the activities of Campion passed to me by Geoff Drummond. If you have not already got a copy from Geoff I would be happy to pass a copy on to you both. Barbara - I would be interested in good high resolution copies of the crew photos you have for Campion. Would it be OK with you to host them on the forums ? I will send you my email address. If either of you need any more information on Campion do let me know. Have you both joined the Flower Class Corvette Association ? They only charge £10 for life membership if you are a relative and that allows access to any of the information they have on Campion (basically all the stuff Geoff Drummond holds). You can also attend the annual reunion in May of each year at Leamington Spa where there may be some Campion veterans present. I haven't been yet myself, but maybe we should all link up and go down next time ? All the best for now Mark Walters
brettbn	Campion	#5	[-]
Posts: 3 (06/09/08 10:20:11) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hi Mrs Hall Thankyou againg for taking the time to reply to me. My email address is brettbn1@aol.com, I would love to share info with you about the Campion, My 14 month son ( Ben ) says thankyou to!
amanda		#6	[-]
Posts: 2 (26/09/08 21:14:02) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	If you read the message before yours titled the wallflower, OG -71 you will see that I got the wrong ship and in fact the Campion was responsible for the rescue of the survivors of the Merchant vessel " STORK" in late aug 1941. since posting my original request I have been lucky enough to trace the 2nd mate, Wolley. Now 88 and living in the channel Isles. I thought that perhaps you would like to know that he speaks very highly of the treatment he recieved whilst on the Campion and thanks to the efforts of her crew, two of these three survivors lived and survived the war. Wolley became Master of his own ship. Sadly, Stanley Smart was lost on the Petrel on the journey home ( HG-73 ) I'm not sure what happened to the 2nd engineer Maxwell but he definatly made it back to the UK for xmas and his name does not appear on the CWGC website as a casualty . I have a photo of the Stork and some details of her and her achhievments ( not all, I havent yet finished my research ) There was a considerable amount of secret surrounding the sinking of this ship and of those generally on this convoy, which must have been your grandfathers first convoy with the Campion. OG-71 has been written about fairly extensivly since 1986 when the records became public but not all the facts were acurate. If you would like any of the details that I have to add to your gift, please let me know Amanda. ( grand daughter of Crann Davies 1st Mate, STORK)

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