Dits, Shanties and Verse – RNA Community Site

Shipmate Grosvenor Dove: Recollections of His Naval Life

Introduction After conducting some research for Grosvenor ‘Grove’ Dove’s Arctic Star presentation1, I came across an old website, and a

Just out for a walk after an early stack Not looking for trouble not watching my back Mothers with prams

22 May 2013 Karl Webb

He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast, and he sat around the Legion telling stories

22 May 2013 Karl Webb

You may not know me the first time we meet I’m just another you see on the street But I

Did you know you can view electronic copies of the Navy News? This is a long-term project, but there are

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky

Come, cheer up, my lads, ’tis to glory we steer, to add something more to this wonderful year; to honour

Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep Its own

SUNSET and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When

He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast, And he sat around the RNA, telling stories