The link below opens up a PDF file of Rod’s time in the service with some pictures taken during his time, and some of his funeral, and his obituary. RNPA Newsletter 78a – Winter 2025 Supplement – Rod Safe s Obituary
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We’ve had the very sad news that one our ex-phots., Patricia ‘Pat’ Saunders. has passed away, at the age of 68, after a short illness. Pat attended at our reunion back in October 2023, in Liverpool. So it’s a massive shock to learn that she’s crossed the bar so soon after she linked up with
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The Passing of Dave Morris A PHOTOGRAPHER who spearheaded the developing role of news gathering in the navy in the 1960/70s, and who promoted news-worthy aspects of service life appearing on television and in national newspapers with award-winning photography, has died in Portsmouth aged 84. Royal navy cameraman David Frank Morris BEM, passed away on
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Former RNPA member Steve Potten died of pneumonia and other medical complications on Friday 29th of January in Maidstone Hospital, Kent. Steve, 82, who lived in Snodland, Kent, had been in poor health for most of the past two years. He joined the Navy in 1956 aged 17, and served for nine and half years.
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A love story that started with a blind date and endured 61 years of marriage finally drew to a close with a funeral service which had more than a touch of military precision. For Thurl Craft, aged 81, wife of RNPA member Nigel Craft, used her army background to ensure every aspect of her death
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