I wonder what was going through Gunner Chute’s thoughts 72 years today when at 15:48hrs the cruise liner, Lancastria that was to be his safe passage back home came under attack from enemy aircraft. After 3 direct hits, apparently from a German Junkers 88 bomber, the Lancastria sank, within 20 minutes, taking with her many,…
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Edward Chute (1919 – 1991)
Edward Chute This is probably my favourite photo of Eddie, it was taken by one of his Grandsons, Paul Barker and I think just sums him up completely. Eddie was born in Tynemouth in the North East of England and was the 4th of 5 brothers. He worked in the shipyards for most of his…
How it Started
At the back-end of 2011, Cathy and I started to research our family histories again. We had had a couple of false starts in the past where something must have happened and we got distracted and it all stopped. The last time was back in 2000 I think when we got in touch with my…