INTRODUCTION, BY YOUR VIRTUAL CHAIRMAN Dear all, Welcome to this Bulletin – the 10th in a row, and with the Special Bulletins a lot of information about our men on the three cruisers. In this Bulletin you can read about many on the cruisers. Most of them I welcomed in Bulletin-9, but since then descendents…
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The Live Bait Squadron Society Bulletin 9
INTRODUCTION, BY YOUR VIRTUAL CHAIRMAN Dear members, Welcome to this belated edition of our Bulletin – the first official issue after the Specials on the September Commemoration ceremonies. You may have wondered: ‘What happened to Henk? Has he forgotten about us, after sending a Seasons Greeting?’. No, I did not, but indeed, I took a…
Special Commemoration Bulletin
INTRODUCTION, BY YOUR VIRTUAL CHAIRMAN Dear members, Welcome to this Special Commemoration Bulletin about the September Commemoration ceremonies, which were held at Chatham (21st, 22nd), at sea off the Dutch coast (23rd), The Hague (24th), and Noordwijk (25th). Because of its size this Bulletin is divided into two parts. The afternoon meeting of 21 September…
The Live Bait Squadron Society Bulletin 8
INTRODUCTION, BY YOUR VIRTUAL CHAIRMAN Dear members, Welcome to this August edition of our Bulletin – the last issue before the September Commemoration ceremonies, which will be held at Chatham (21st , 22nd) and The Hague (24th). The afternoon meeting scheduled for 21 September at Chatham’s St. George’s Centre is fully booked since the maximum…
The Live Bait Squadron Society Bulletin 7
Dear Friends, First of all we’d like to welcome you all to this new Bulletin, the May-Bulletin. The next Bulletin issue is planned for July/August, shortly before the September Commemoration ceremonies that will take place in Chatham (22nd) and The Hague (24th) respectively. At present several Live Bait Squadron followers already signed up for tickets…
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About Henk van der Linden and the Live Bait Squadron A few words about the author- and how he came to write this book The author Hendrik van der Linden (“Henk”, or “Henry” in English) was born in the southern Dutch village of Oisterwijk in 1944. He is married to Catharine (“Toos”) van der Aa;…