Vaughan Ashby's Father:

[JennyMorgan]

[ExSurveyor]

A true war hero.

[BroadAmbition]

Oh Wow, what a fantastic obituary.  DSC - Twice! one legged Chinese Admiral - you couldn't make it up.  You can see where Vaughan gets his good looks from.  If Commander Mr Ron Ashby was alive now he would make the perfect CEO of the Broads Authority.  Vaughan must be so proud of him

Griff

[floydraser]

What a contribution he made for us all. I'm sorry I never got the opportunity to meet him.

[Bikertov]

Wow - what an amazing gentleman and a real life war hero !

Vaughan, you must be so proud of your late father.

 

 

[Jbx5]

What an amazing story of a great guy many thanks for sharing Peter. 

John

[Chelsea14Ian]

Many thanks Peter. Yes indeed a true hero.And may I say pleased  to see you back Peter.

[addicted]

What a pleasure to see you back Peter ,You've been missed.

 

Carole

[Polly]

Thanks Peter that is a gem.

 

[Smoggy]

Truly a man to be proud of Vaughan,  thanks for posting JM.

A one legged Chinese admiral has to have a joke lurking somewhere....

[scaniaman]

Wow, what a story, what a life. If the obituary was published in the EDP I would hope that Steven Spielberg was on the Mailing list. Thanks GM and welcome back.

 

[vanessan]

Great to see you posting again JM. 

[ChrisB]

A pleasure to hear from you Peter.

[scaniaman]

An account of the mtb flotilla is on the BBC peoples war by Richard Hide Its entitled The 2nd mtb flotilla`s escape from Hong Kong. Sorry cant get the item transfered across. Wonderful story, thanks again JM.

Paul

 

[Stationerystill]

Posted by me on Thorpe History Facebook page. Happy to see it reposted. I have more information in the Thorpe "Janet Smith Archive" the story is also online if you Google the name.