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MERCHANT NAVY DAY – LIVERPOOL: Sunday September 1st 2019.
Merchant Navy Memorial Day in Liverpool: 1st September 2019.
The Merchant Navy Day Committee is pleased to invite you to this year’s ceremony in the Liverpool Parish Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas, Chapel Street, Liverpool.
Once again the IOBA Standard will be paraded.
Afterwards we walk down to the M.N. Memorial on the Pier Head, led by a Sea Cadet Band, for a short Service and laying of wreaths.
The IOBA wreath will be laid along with many others, Merchant Navy veterans, High Commissioners and Naval Attaches from many countries linked with the Port of Liverpool, including Canada, plus the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and Mayors of the Merseyside Boroughs.
The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Peter Brennan would like to invite you to attend the Merchant Navy Day Service at ‘Our Lady and St.Nicholas Liverpool Parish Church’ on Sunday 1st September 2019. At this service we celebrate the role of the Merchant Navy in the City of Liverpool in the past and in the present: there is more information below.
You are kindly requested to arrive at 11.30am for the service at 12 noon. After the service the congregation will proceed to the Merchant Navy Memorial at the Pier Head. Please note this is an outdoor event. Carriages after the Act of Remembrance at approximately 1pm.
The dress code is Lounge Suit/Day Dress/Uniform/Medals
Since the year 2000 the 3rd September, or a date close to it, has been designated ‘Merchant Navy Day’. The purpose is to celebrate and raise awareness of our dependence on our past, present and future Merchant Navy seafarers.
The river has always been at the centre of the economy of the Liverpool region, and the Merchant Navy is part of the past and the future of the area. Every year hundreds of people gather at Liverpool Parish Church – the Sailors’ Church – to celebrate Merchant Navy Day, followed by an Act of Remembrance at the Merchant Navy Memorial at the Pier Head. The congregation is led by the Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside and the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, but it is important that the congregation reflects not just civic dignitaries and current/retired seafarers, but also representatives from shipping companies and others who represent the work of the Merchant Navy today.
This year the Service will take place on Sunday 1 September at 12 noon. We are particularly encouraging those connected with shipping and the Merchant Navy in the 21st Century to get involved so that we can reflect today’s maritime community in the service.
Please come and support our seafarers by participating in the Service in September.
Video: http://www.liverpoolshipsandsailors.com/2015/09/06/merchant-navy-day-2015/
IOBA AGM 2018 Minutes
Please find attached the IOBA General Meeting 2018 Minutes, for reference at the 2019 AGM 8th June.
MN Medal awarded to Capt.Joe Earl M.N.M (Indefatigable 1956/57)
Capt.J.S.Earl M.N.M
Long over due, The IOBA is recognising the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service awarded to Captain Joe Earl M.N.M (Indefatigable 1956/57).
Awarded in 2009 – Capt. Joe receives the ‘Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service’ from the former First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West, GCB, DSC, PC.
The original Medal was rhodium-plated cupro-nickel and rounded in shape. On its obverse side was a profile portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson inscribed with THE MERCHANT NAVY MEDAL around the top and 1805 TRAFALGAR 2005 around the bottom. The reverse face features the Merchant Navy logo and the inscription reads FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE.
The ribbon, bordered in gold, was vertical striped red, white and green to represent the traditional colours of the Merchant Navy (which depict the port, masthead and starboard navigation lights of a ship). The name of the recipient was inscribed along the outer edge. Miniatures were also available to recipients. Those medals awarded for courage afloat had, in addition, a small silver anchor attached to the ribbon. This medal was superseded by a State Award: the Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service in 2016.
The Merchant Navy Medal Recipients 2009
To celebrate meritorious service and acts of courage afloat by British merchant seafarers and members of the UK fishing fleets. Announced Trafalgar Day October 21st, 2009 – Investiture 30th November 2009: Capt. J.S. Earl for services to merchant shipping and to the Bristol Branch of the Merchant Navy Association.
A proud man, wearing his ‘Indefatigable Ships Crest’ on behalf of us!
Wikipedia link to: Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service
The Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service is a state award in the within the British honours system. The medal is awarded to no more than 20 recipients annually with the awards being announced on Merchant Navy Day, 3 September. The medal was originally awarded by the Merchant Navy Welfare Board 2005-2015 before being superseded by the state award.
Please take time out to click and read Capt. Joe’s Web Pages of MEMOIRS & VERSE;
THE TRAINING SHIP `INDEFATIGABLE`
http://joesverse.simplesite.com/160596378
http://joesverse.simplesite.com/160596375
Indefatigable Old Boys Association (IOBA)
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The Indefatigable Commemorative Coin/Medal
The Indefatigable Commemorative Coin/Medal
With donations being made to the Indefatigable Old Boys Association, this beautiful commemorative Coin/Medal celebrates those of us who served and went to the Indefatigable Training Ship & School between 1864 – 1995. This antique brass or antique nickel-plated piece features a synopsis of the Training Ship service from an actual 1912 Indefatigable Bible on the obverse.
The reverse displays an intricate design that Captain Joe Earl (IOBA member) gave me an idea of from his own ‘Indefatigable Medal’ from 1957, where these medals were given out as prizes issued for the Top Class or as individual prizes such as Swimming, Seamanship on Prize Day.
Available via the IOBA online shop (after the 2018 IOBA Reunion), you will be helping to raise funds and awareness of the IOBA which we are privileged to be supporting.
Specifications:
Cost: £16:00 each Coin & Presentation Box + P&P.
Diameter: 45mm x45mm.
Plating & Finish: Antique Brass or Antique Nickel (on Zinc alloy with soft enamel).
Edition Limit: For now there are only 250 made.
Indefatigable Old Boys Association (IOBA)