USS Branch DD-197
HMS Beverley H-64
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Aug. 22, 2007

My uncle (Neil Campbell) was one of the survivors of the Beverley! My mother tells me that a telegram had arrived telling them he was missing, believed dead, and it was some time before they knew otherwise.

Christine Wood

Nov. 11, 2007
Reply 1

I write in response to the message from Christine Wood on 22nd August this year wherein she states that her uncle Neil Campbell was one of the survivors of HMS Beverley. Is it possible to ask her please if her uncle ever spoke of any of his fellow seamen? Particularly if he knew whom else survived?

My brother, Raymond Gayfer was 19 when HMS Beverley was destroyed. The last words he spoke to Mum (at the front gate as he left) was that she was not to worry – the ship wouldn't come back, but he would. He would be 84 now, and it is not impossible that he is somewhere, maybe unable to recollect his family.

Thank you in anticipation,
Wendy Adams (Mrs)
Willowfield, Silverleys Green, Cratfield, Suffolk



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