| HMS Welshman
1 February 1943.
Torpedoed by U 617 45 miles east of Tobruk, mine deck flooded and ship capsized suddenly and sank within 3 minutes, 152 men lost.
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On weald of Kent I watched once more
Again I heard that grumbling roar
Of fighter planes; yet none were near
And all around the sky was clear
Borne on the wind a whisper came
'Though men grow old, they stay the same'
And then I knew, unseen to eye
The ageless Few were sweeping by
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