Alfred Gerald (Gerry) PRICE

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D/JX288822 Alfred (known as Gerry) Price

Royal Navy veteran from Pembroke Dock, originally from Liverpool. He joined up aged 16, lied about his age and he served on HMS Broke and Versatile. Was taken a prisoner of war for a short period in Algiers on the 8th November 1942. He was releases along with the rest of the crew when it was realised they were not the enemy. He was presented with his medal at a medal presentation on HMS Mersey on the 24th September 2013, aged 89.
Photo take at the National Memorial Arboretum at the Ride to the Wall (RTTW) event on the 4th October 2014, his good wife was also in attendance.

I salute you Gerry.

http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/n...alls_made_for_Arctic_Star_medal_presentation/

https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-a...s/2013/september/24/130924-medal-presentation


Mr. Alfred Gerald "Gerry" Price Pembroke Dock Crossed the Bar peacefully at Brooklands Nursing Home, Saundersfoot on Monday 15th. January 2018 of Mr. Gerry Price of Park Street, Pembroke Dock. He was 93.

I have just received an email about this great man
unfortunately it was alerting me to Gerry's death at the age of 93 at a Nursing Home near Tenby, Pembrokeshire.

Rest in Peace Gerry, you are gone but not forgotten
 
HMS Broke
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http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-01Shakes-Broke.htm


HMS Versatile

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http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-09VW-HMS_Versatile.htm#convoy
 
AN 89 year-old war veteran from Pembroke Dock took a leap of faith earlier this month to raise money for anniversary celebrations for his home town.

On Saturday, July 20, Gerry Price completed a tandem parachute jump at Swansea Airport to raise money for Pembroke Dock’s 2014 bicentenary celebrations.

Gerry joined the Royal Navy when he was just 15 and served on board Russian and North Atlantic convoys during the Second World War.

He recently received his Arctic Medal at Buckingham Palace.

http://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/n...rice__89__takes_parachute_jump_in_his_stride/
 

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