Crossed the Bar

This page is designed to record the passing of our Vindi shipmates

Short Obituary notices will be displayed, please supply as many details as possible to the website bosun. ie Name, Discharge number, dates of training, Deck or Catering, Cause and date of death

For tho' from out our bourne of time and place

The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my pilot face to face

When i have Crost the Bar.

Patrick William Drew

Paddy sadly Crossed the Bar on 5th June 2024

He was born in 1924 and joined the Vindi in approximately 1944

Malcolm Keith Green

It is with great sadness to report that Malcolm Crossed the Bar on 6th December 2023. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family.

Malcolm was a stalwart member of the Vindicatrix Executive Committee, and a strong supporter of all things Vindicatrix related.

Brian Denny

Brian crossed the bar on 29/11/2023 from cancer,

he was Deck department early 1960s

Brian had been in the care of a hospice.

Alan Pope

Secretary of the Essex branch.

Crossed the Bar on 4th September 2023

( no other details at present)

Francis "Frank" Lee

Frank Ccarles

John Unsworth Swift

George

Frank Crossed the Bar on 27th August 2023 in Wanstead

, East London. Discharge book number R412320.

He trained as a deck hand on the Vindi between June to August 1948. he served in the Merchant Navy until 1957.

John trained at the Vindi from 21st June to 11th September 1948. He was at sea until 1952. Discharge book no R416574

A poem from his vindi log book

Let us give thanks for safety from the sea. And for this bread with these our gathered friends

May the light guide us till our sailing ends.

William Horace Bennett

Vindi 1943. Died 14th July 2022 aged 96

Vindi 1946 Crossed the Bar 16/12/2022 aged 91

Keith Edward Withey

Robert Thomas

Bob Crossed the Bar on the 14th February 2023
He was from Ellesmere Port and a member of the Liverpool branch of the Vindicatrix Association. He was in the Merchant Navy for 42years

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Reg Golding

Vindi 1947. Reg died 28-7-2022 aged 91 in Queensland Australia.

Mick Neale

Vindi 1958 deck

Mick sadly crossed the bar in early March due to respiratory problems.

Mick was a member of the Suffolk Branch.

Malcolm William Kay

Discharge book R611875 Deck

Malcolm sadly Crossed the Bar 21/3/22

Cause of death Dementia.

Malcolm will be sadly missed by his family and those who knew him.

Malcolm was a Member of the West Yorkshire Branch of the TSVA

George Peter Thomas

Brian passed away the end of October from cancer, Brian was Catering which year not known, he was a member of the Suffolk Branch.

Peter sadly Crossed the Bar on the 23rd January

I have no other information apart that he was from Pontefract

Brian Ribbans

Austin John Henry Wheeler

II have been informed by his son of the passing of former Vindiboy Austin Wheeler aged 91 years of age , I have no other informationn informed

Frank Charles Roberts

Frank Roberts, Catering vindi 1941
Crossed the Bar 1947 from Malaria aged 21 yrs

Desmond William Brown

Desmond Brown, Deck Vindi 1952
Crossed the Bar cancer

Terry (Tedder) Wilson

Terry suddenly "Crossed the Bar" on 2nd July 2021

Vindi year unknown

Sadly missed by the Family

Dave Partington

Dave Partington, Deck. Vindi 1959. "Crossed the Bar" 29th November 2020 from cancer.

Don Jenkins

Don Jenkins, Born 9-10-27 "crossed the bar" 7-02-2021

Don was at the Vindicatrix from 13-08-1945 to 03-11-1945 on deck

He passed away at home at Green Point NSW Australia, after suffering a stroke

Matthew Wilkinson

Matthew (wilkie) Wilkinson R801625 "Crossed the Bar" 05-02-2021

Cause of Death; lung cancer.

Sadly missed by his Partner Michelle and all Vindi boys who knew him.