Ward, George
Gateway School 1932-37. Son of George and Caroline Ward. The Gustav Line was the most rearward of the three German defensive lines on the Italian peninsula south of Rome. Built along the Garigliano and Rapido rivers, it was fortified with gun pits, concrete bunkers, turreted machine-gun emplacements, barbed wire and minefields. Marine Ward died during […]
Lagor, Reginald Arthur
Gateway School 1933-38. Son of Frank and Florence Lagor. HMS Fidelity was built in 1920 as Le Rhin, an armed merchantman working for the French Colonial Intelligence Service. In 1940 she was taken to Gibraltar to join the Allies. Re-named the Fidelity, she was converted to a Special Service Vessel (SSV) disguised to appear to […]
