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John Alan Burns Lord Inverclyde

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Lord Inverclyde

"Grâce à l'intervention de lord Inverclyde, ami fidèle des forces françaises libres en Ecosse, Sir Guy Shaw Stewart, seigneur de Greenock, voulut bien céder à perpetuité à la france un terrain situé au sommet de la colline qui surplombe Greenock et d'où l'on découvre un magnifique panorama sur tout l'estuaire de la Clyde"

Revue de la France libre N°3

Laurent Laloup le mardi 25 septembre 2007 - Demander un contact

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Inverclyde, base FNFL

Lord Inverclyde , ami des FNFL :

"The Free French Navy in Inverclyde

The Free French Navy was stationed on the River Clyde during the Second World War. On 30th April 1940, two live torpedoes were accidentally discharged on board the French destroyer, Maille Breze, causing an explosion and the death of many crewmen.

On the summit of Greenock’s Lyle Hill, overlooking the Clyde, stands the Cross of Lorraine; a memorial to the Free French forces who sailed from Greenock in the years 1940 – 1945. The memorial reads:

“To the memory of the Free French Naval Forces who never ceased the struggle and fell gloriously for the liberation of the honour of France and for history.”

Cross of Lorraine then and now

Pupils from Overton Primary School visited Greenock Central Library to research photographs relating to the Free French Navy. Using the Scran website (www.scran.ac.uk) they found a number of photographs of the Cross of Lorraine memorial on Lyle Hill. Pupils then went on a photography trip to visit the memorial and record their own images for this project."

Laurent Laloup le dimanche 23 septembre 2007 - Demander un contact

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The Lord Inverclyde

"Our guest of honour today, John Allen Burns, Lord Inverclyde--a graduate of Eton and Sandhurst, though an officer in the army having served with distinction in the Scots Guards in both World War I and the last war-is by tradition a man of the sea. He is a great grandson of Sir John Burns-founder of the great Cunard Steamship Line. The tang of the sea seems to follow Lord Inverclyde relentlessly. In 1940 it was by the sea in a fishing boat that he made his escape from St. Nazaire just a short jump ahead of the rapidly advancing Nazi tank columns. He had another breath of the sea when serving as A.D.C. to the Governor of Gibraltar. For many years he has been a director of the British Sailor's Society and for over twenty years chairman of the Society's Scottish branch. Also for many years he has been active in both the Royal Life Saving Society and the Corps of Sea Cadets."

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Laurent Laloup le dimanche 23 septembre 2007 - Demander un contact

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