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#OTD 1943 a Bomb & Mine Disposal Naval Party has 5 personnel killed whilst clearing booby trapped depth charges from the harbour in Messina, Sicily. Casualties include Lt Anthony Firminger RNVR who has the George Medal awarded posthumously, together with the DSM #Operators80
#OTD 1942 Lt Cdr Roy Edwards DSO & Ensign John Howard #USNR are killed by a German moored mine they are attempting to render safe at Corton Sands, nr Lowestoft. Pic show their memorial at Great Yarmouth Minster https://t.co/Onkraih1cH #Operators80
‘Grannie’ Goodman is killed when entering a booby-trapped building during disposal efforts in Rotterdam after VE Day #Operators80
#OTD 1941 Lt (Electrical) Anthony Rogers GM and Commissioned Boatswain Lord Joseph Sheldon GM are killed during Bomb Disposal operations at Malta. Details here: https://t.co/REdk44wTHu (pic source) and here: https://t.co/J4IyagKNvW #Operators80
Needs a bigger hammer....... #Operators80
Bomb Defusing Equipment, Eric Ravilious, 1940. It dates from his period as an Official War Artist observing Royal Naval Bomb Disposal units in #Kent early in #WW2. The original artwork is in the collection of @TownerGallery.
OTD 1940 Due to the number of magnetic mines being dropped during the blitz, a separate section in the Torpedoes & Mining Dept of Admiralty is formed to cope. There are numerous Reserve & Volunteer Reserves from HMS KING ALFRED. Pic from the KING ALFRED Facebook page #Operators80
Meanwhile, Sub Lt Richard Moore RNVR is winning a George Cross for defusing another parachute mine laid nearby. Pic from VC and GC Website https://t.co/gxyOmcfExp #Operators80
OTD 1940 Lt Cdr Richard Ryan RN & CPO Reginald Ellingworth (both HMS VERNON) are killed whilst trying to defuse a parachute mine in Dagenham, E London. Both awarded posthumous George Cross. Pic from IWM website https://t.co/9YgtRDq1H7 #Operators80
OTD 1940 Increasing German use of mines during ‘the Blitz’ results in HMS VERNON’s mining department receiving its first call from London authorities to assist with disposal. Some of the heroic exploits of these personnel can be found here: https://t.co/9YgtRDq1H7 #Operators80
Wonderful piece of work #Operators80
Dangerous Work At Low Tide, Eric Ravilious, 1940. It depicts a Royal Navy bomb disposal unit on the #Kent coast during his time as an official War Artist. Original in the @DefenceHQ Art Collection.
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