Denis
Swinn was my uncle . He served on HMS Ambuscade in 1939/40. I know he was wounded
during the course of evacuation duties but that is all. Unfortunately he was killed
in an accident while in dock at Glasgow on 8th October 1940. attached are some
photos of his mates "Ginger" Rawlinson and Derek Wilson. Denis is buried
in Cardonal Cemetary in Glasgow. The lady in one of the photos is Mae Cameron
who was his girlfriend. She married somebody else later.
The
funny thing is that the phot showing Denis's grave shows a flower vase with his
name on it and flowers. Both my cousin and myself have made several visits to
the grave or the years and each time there was flowers in the vase. They stopped
appearing about 5 years ago. We don't know who provided the vase or who kept supplying
the flowers. It certain wasn't any of his family as we all live in Nottingham
and only my cousin and myself have visited the grave. We can only assume it was
Mae - after all those years...
I'd
love to meet her if she's still alive.
scroll down page for photographs
