Frederick Jewett

 | Petty Officer Frederick Jewett
With his Action Station, as a member of the gunnery team, on the bridge of the destroyer HMS Ashanti, Fred Jewett had a very close-up view of the famous Pedestal convoy. Rear-Admiral Burrough, the C-in-C, transfer-red his flag to Ashanti after his flagship Nigeria was put out of action. Jewett was already a veteran of many naval actions and he went on to take part in the D-Day landings. In 2000 he finally realised his dream to create a commemorative Malta Window in the Church of St Thomas the Martyr in Newcastle.
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