Campbeltown rescue tugs and E G Martin.

[ClareRescueTugs!]

Hello - my name is Clare McComb and i am trying to find out as much as I can about the Deep Sea Rescue tugs which operated from Cambeltown during the war. i put this information on the general Hello page but have pasted it here also in the hope that someone will see it who can help.
In particular I'm trying to find anyone who remembers anything about Commander E G Martin - he was 6 foot 7n and a half inches tall so he would have been hard to forget: we are trying to organise a memorial to commemorate his war work plus his life as an Ocean racing sailor before that . Many many men from Brixham ( South Devon) joined up to work with the Rescue tugs and came to Campbeltown so I would love to hear if anyone remembers any of them around town.. or maybe coming to visit the family ...We are making similar enquiries in Brixham and hopefully we can join the memories up to tell the whole story.

I know there was a ship called HMS Minona ( which Richard Burton bought as a present for Elizabeth Taylor after the war) which was where the officers used to live but other really specific details are very hard to come by...

Anything, even the smallest detail would be exciting to hear ... they were very brave men, far from home and I'm trying to find out their stories.. hoping this post might jog some memories


Clare