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The Battle of the Atlantic 4 Wednesday May 15, 2013 30,000 Merchant seaman lost 757 U-boats sunk or destroyed 28,000 U-boat sailors lost VS 1939-40 Outbreak of war: The Battle of the Atlantic raged across the years of the war; the North Atlantic was an essential route for trade vessels and warships to support the Allies 1940-41 The U-Boat menace: The Campaign for the North West approaches; the U-boats exploit their new Atlantic bases with heavy attacks against Allied shipping 1941 The war widens: The First Atlantic Campaign. U-boats move into the Mediterranean, Arctic and deep into the Atlantic, menacing shipping The battle of the Atlantic was the only thing that ever frightened me Winston Churchill 1942 Attacks in US waters: Campaign in American Waters. America enters the war, harried by U-boats on the eastern seaboard of North America and in the Caribbean As three Navy warships sailed along the Thames through Newham and Tower Hamlets last week, its banks came alive with the spirit of the Battle of the Atlantic, which took place 70 years ago. As part of a series of events to mark the anniver- sary of the Second World War’s longest military cam- paign, HMS Illustrious, HMS Blyth and HMS Edin- burgh delighted onlookers in a moving commemora- tive parade that saw Tower Bridge raised to allow the latter to pass through. Crowds HMS Blyth was the first to arrive on May 7 and was joined by HMS Edinburgh, watched by crowds on the banks of the Thames. Office workers and school- children were treated to a close-up and rare sight of HMS Edinburgh as she was towed into position along- side HMS Belfast. It was an emotional mo- ment for the crew of the Type 42 destroyer as this was her last journey along the Thames before she is decommissioned, having served in the Royal Navy for 30 years. Her crew was joined by a small group of family members and rela- tives of veterans. A day later, the last of the trio, helicopter and com- mando carrier HMS Illustri- ous, arrived and moored in Greenwich. Thousands took the opportunity over the weekend to go on board and see for themselves just what a warship looks like. Other events held in the capital as part of the 70th anniversary commemora- tion included an evensong service at St Paul’s Cathe- dral, a Navy parade from St Paul’s to Mansion House and a City of London recep- tion at Mansion House. The commemorations are being centred on three cit- ies, London, from May 8 to 13; Londonderry, from May 10 to 12, and Liverpool, from May 24 to 27. They will help commemo- rate the victory of the Atlan- tic campaign and the UK’s maritime heritage. The Atlantic campaign was the longest continu- ous struggle of the Second World War. It was waged throughout its entire dura- tion from September 1939 to the surrender of Germany in May 1945. It reached its climax in the spring of 1943 when the Germans were forced to withdraw their U-boats tem- porarily from the battle after suffering crippling losses in Black May. The victory was achieved at great cost. Between 1939 and 1945 some 30,000 mer- chant seamen lost their lives, many from London, where many merchant ships set sail from. Warships draw crowds to banks of the Thames They mark anniversary of climax of battle HMS Illustrious moored in Greenwich. With a Royal Navy flypast Steve Frewer Petty Officer, HMS Edinburgh Petty officer Steve Frewer, 26, is an engineering technician on HMS Edinburgh. He joined the Royal Navy nine years ago and looks after the diesel generator on the ship. He was born in Whitechapel and grew up on the Isle of Dogs. He said: “I have always wanted to join the Navy ever since I was a little boy. I lived on the Isle of Dogs and used to look out of the window, watching the boats go by. “This is a fantastic opportunity, to sail into my birth town on my ship. I have never sailed the length of the River Thames before and have never seen Tower Bridge open up like that before. My dad and uncle were on board with me and it was really cool to see it from a completely different perspective. “I have served all my nine years on the Type 42s so this is all I have ever known. It is sad to see them go because it is the end of an era.” Steve Frewer by Kay Atwal [email protected] HMS Edinburgh approaches Tower Bridge Keeping Roman Road in focus Campaigners pushing for the regeneration of Roman Road in Bow are aiming to keep the momentum up after retail guru Mary Portas’ TV programme on the market aired last week. A job advert has gone up for a town centre manager to improve Tower Hamlets’ high streets. Supporters are now planning a public meeting to continue the progress. Charity’s award The Plater Trust has awarded a Canning Town homeless charity a grant of £46,700 to carry out its work. The organisation funds charities it feels are delivering social justice through Catholic teaching and Anchor House was presented with a cheque by the Bishop of Westminster. Cadets hopeful More than 100 police cadets have put themselves forward for the Duke of Edinburgh Award. The cadets, from Tower Hamlets, are now in training ahead of completing the award. They recently spent a weekend in Hainault Forest to improve their map reading and camping skills. Jobs fair is a hit More than 900 jobseekers and 36 employers or training organisations turned up for the MPs’ Jobs Fair. East Ham MP Stephen Timms and West Ham MP Lyn Brown would like to thank Prem Goyal OBE who sponsored the flyers and West Ham United for hosting the event. Market returns Rathbone Market returned to Canning Town last week selling clothes, vintage goods, eggs, poultry, pet supplies and much more. The old favourite runs in Barking Road. To find out more or to book a stall, email saturdayraffie@ gmail.com or call 07790 945 985. It’s veggie value To mark National Vegetarian Week, the Giraffe restaurant chain in Spitalfields and Westfield Stratford City is offering two-for-one on all vegetarian main courses from May 20 to 24. To claim the offer, print off the voucher from the website www.giraffe.net/ classic/promotions.
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The Battle of the Atlantic 4 Wednesday May 15, 2013
30,000Merchant seaman lost
757U-boats sunk or destroyed
28,000U-boat sailors lost
VS
1939-40Outbreak of war: The Battle of the
Atlantic raged across the years of the war; the North Atlantic was an essential route for trade vessels and warships to
support the Allies
1940-41The U-Boat menace: The Campaign for the North West approaches; the U-boats exploit their new Atlantic
bases with heavy attacks against Allied shipping
1941The war widens: The First Atlantic Campaign. U-boats move into the
Mediterranean, Arctic and deep into the Atlantic, menacing shipping
The battle of the Atlantic was the only thing that ever frightened me Winston Churchill
1942Attacks in US waters: Campaign in American Waters. America enters the
war, harried by U-boats on the eastern seaboard of North America and in the
Caribbean
As three Navy warships sailed along the Thames through Newham and Tower Hamlets last week, its banks came alive with the spirit of the Battle of the Atlantic, which took place 70 years ago.
As part of a series of events to mark the anniver-sary of the Second World War’s longest military cam-paign, HMS Illustrious, HMS Blyth and HMS Edin-burgh delighted onlookers in a moving commemora-tive parade that saw Tower Bridge raised to allow the latter to pass through.
CrowdsHMS Blyth was the first to arrive on May 7 and was joined by HMS Edinburgh, watched by crowds on the banks of the Thames.
Office workers and school-children were treated to a close-up and rare sight of HMS Edinburgh as she was towed into position along-side HMS Belfast.
It was an emotional mo-ment for the crew of the Type 42 destroyer as this
was her last journey along the Thames before she is decommissioned, having served in the Royal Navy for 30 years. Her crew was joined by a small group of family members and rela-tives of veterans.
A day later, the last of the trio, helicopter and com-mando carrier HMS Illustri-ous, arrived and moored in Greenwich. Thousands took the opportunity over the weekend to go on board and see for themselves just what a warship looks like.
Other events held in the capital as part of the 70th anniversary commemora-
tion included an evensong service at St Paul’s Cathe-dral, a Navy parade from St Paul’s to Mansion House and a City of London recep-tion at Mansion House.
The commemorations are being centred on three cit-ies, London, from May 8 to 13; Londonderry, from May 10 to 12, and Liverpool, from May 24 to 27.
They will help commemo-rate the victory of the Atlan-tic campaign and the UK’s maritime heritage.
The Atlantic campaign was the longest continu-ous struggle of the Second World War. It was waged throughout its entire dura-tion from September 1939 to the surrender of Germany in May 1945.
It reached its climax in the spring of 1943 when the Germans were forced to withdraw their U-boats tem-porarily from the battle after suffering crippling losses in Black May.
The victory was achieved at great cost. Between 1939 and 1945 some 30,000 mer-chant seamen lost their lives, many from London, where many merchant ships set sail from.
Warships draw crowds to banks of the ThamesThey mark anniversary of climax of battle
HMS Illustrious moored in Greenwich. With a Royal Navy flypast
Steve Frewer Petty Officer, HMS Edinburgh
Petty officer Steve Frewer, 26, is an engineering technician on HMS Edinburgh. He joined the Royal Navy nine years ago and looks after the diesel generator on the ship.
He was born in Whitechapel and grew up on the Isle of Dogs. He said: “I have always wanted to join the Navy ever since I was a little boy. I lived on the Isle of Dogs and used to look out of the window, watching the boats go by.
“This is a fantastic opportunity, to sail into my birth town on my ship. I have never sailed the length of the River Thames before and have never seen Tower Bridge open up like that before. My dad and uncle
were on board with me and it was really cool to see it from a completely different perspective.
“I have served all my nine years on the Type 42s so this is all I have ever known. It is sad to see them go because it is the end of an era.”
Steve Frewer
by Kay [email protected]
HMS Edinburgh
approaches Tower Bridge
Keeping Roman Road in focusCampaigners pushing for the regeneration of Roman Road in Bow are aiming to keep the momentum up after retail guru Mary Portas’ TV programme on the market aired last week.
A job advert has gone up for a town centre manager to improve Tower Hamlets’ high streets.
Supporters are now planning a public meeting to continue the progress.
Charity’s awardThe Plater Trust has awarded a Canning Town homeless charity a grant of £46,700 to carry out its work.
The organisation funds charities it feels are delivering social justice through Catholic teaching and Anchor House was presented with a cheque by the Bishop of Westminster.
Cadets hopefulMore than 100 police cadets have put themselves forward for the Duke of Edinburgh Award.
The cadets, from Tower Hamlets, are now in training ahead of completing the award. They recently spent a weekend in Hainault Forest to improve their map reading and camping skills.
Jobs fair is a hitMore than 900 jobseekers and 36 employers or training organisations turned up for the MPs’ Jobs Fair.
East Ham MP Stephen Timms and West Ham MP Lyn Brown would like to thank Prem Goyal OBE who sponsored the flyers and West Ham United for hosting the event.
Market returnsRathbone Market returned to Canning Town last week selling clothes, vintage goods, eggs, poultry, pet supplies and much more.
The old favourite runs in Barking Road. To find out more or to book a stall, email [email protected] or call 07790 945 985.
It’s veggie valueTo mark National Vegetarian Week, the Giraffe restaurant chain in Spitalfields and Westfield Stratford City is offering two-for-one on all vegetarian main courses from May 20 to 24.
To claim the offer, print off the voucher from the website www.giraffe.net/classic/promotions.
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Have a look at Janet’s gardenA resident will be opening her Forest Gate garden, which has featured alongside royal gardens in a book.
Janet Daniels will be selling plants from her garden at 42 Latimer Road from 11am to 4.30pm on May 26. Her garden is in the National Garden Scheme’s Yellow Book.
Galloway blastFormer Bethnal Green and Bow MP George Galloway has called for the overthrow of the “gangster government” ruling Bangladesh. The Respect MP was speaking at the Waterlily Centre in Mile End Road on Friday.
Archives reopenLocal history archives in Tower Hamlets are to reopen on June 18.
The collection is currently held at Bancroft Library in Stepney Green, which has been closed for refurbishment.
Labour Party members have elected a new group leader to represent them on Tower Hamlets Council.
Cllr Sirajul Islam was chosen at the party’s AGM last week to take over from outgoing group leader Cllr Joshua Peck, who is adopt-ing a child.
Cllr Islam will work with Labour’s mayoral candidate John Biggs, who is a London Assembly Member and can-not therefore lead the group in the council chamber.
He said: “As we move to-wards next year’s mayoral and council elections, it is more important than ever to have a strong Labour voice standing up for resi-dents and speaking for all the communities in our bor-
ough. That is what our new Labour team will be focused on.”
Cllr Rachael Saunders was chosen as deputy leader.
Cllr Peck will continue in his role as councillor for Bow West.
Labour group picks new leader at the town hall
Cllr Sirajul Islam
Customers can now reach Westfield Stratford City from the main artery route of the A12, Westfield Avenue.
The retail access route for vehicles through Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to the centre has been relo-cated to a new permanent route.
This route remains closed
to cyclists and pedestrians as it passes through an op-erational construction site.
From late July the roads and parklands in the north of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will open to pedestri-ans and cyclists in phases.
The relocated route will be signposted. For any enquir-ies contact 08000 722 110.
Westfield route change
Hanna, Samsom Shokunbi, mother Ola Shokunbi, holding a picture of Samuel, niece Ira Abara and Neweah Shokunbi Picture: Isabel InfantesThe heartbroken sister of a
teenager who was shot dead is still waiting for a witness to come forward to help bring his killer to justice.
Hanna Adelagun lost her brother Samuel when he was just 16. He was gunned down while walking with four friends in Plaistow.
Student Hanna, now 17, has fond memories of Sam-uel and says she misses him every day.
She said: “He was my brother, my friend, he was everything to me. Everyone
who met him fell in love with him instantly. I was just so lucky that he was my brother.”
BalaclavasSamuel, who lived with his family in Stratford, was walking on parkland at the junction of Chesterton Road and Upper Road at 3.20am on Saturday, October 23, 2010.
It is believed two gun-men appeared from behind dressed in black with bala-clavas and fired four shots.
Hanna recalled: “I re-member hearing my mum scream in the next room and I ran in and said ‘Mum,
mum, what’s the matter?’“She’d thrown the phone
down on the floor.“So I picked it up and it
was his mate saying Sam had been shot. It was a real shock and he died right there that night.”
He had been shot in the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.
His 15-year-old friend was hit in the stomach but went on to make a full recovery.
Officers arrested four
men aged between 20 and 23 the following month but they were released without charge.
Hanna says police cannot take further action without witnesses or more informa-tion.
She said: “I don’t think it’s about being brave, it’s more that, if it was a member of your family, just think about how you’d feel if you had to go through what we’ve been through.
“Just think what it would be like if you knew someone was sitting at home who knew something but they didn’t say anything.”
Det Sgt Gary Royal said the Met’s Operation Tri-dent is committed to finding Samuel’s killers.
Anyone with information can call the incident room on 020 8733 4211 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
Somebody knows who murdered my brotherSister’s plea for information on the shooting of teenagerby Melissa [email protected]
Show of talentA charity in Canning Town showcased its skills in an annual show to raise money for the homeless called Anchor House Has Got Talent.
