Summary
FOLLOWING his success in raising money to erect the Ropner Merchant Navy Memorial - a lasting tribute to merchant seaman who perished in wartime - Billy McGee has gone on to write a book on the history of the Ropner shipping legacy.
Mr McGee, a former merchant seaman, raised pounds 1,500 for the bronze plaque installed at Ropner Park, Stockton, in 2005.See the full content of this document
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Your Memories: Tribute to Seafaring Tradition
Donations flooded in from all over the world. Ropner Park was chosen because it was given to Stockton Council in 1893 by Sir...
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