The lights are going out across Europe and our only hope is.... Tom Cunningham.
He came along to give a very entertaining talk on the Battle Of The Atlantic. The unenviable mission to keep us Brits in bread milk and munitions was one of the almost forgotten parts of the Second World War.
The story of the brave merchant mariners and the escorts from a rag tag navy, interspersed with tales of the German Submarine Commander Karl Donitz and his supreme effort to disrupt the flow of goods and arms across the hostile waters of the North Atlantic.
Research and enthusiasm for the subject meant a very good night, topped off by Leading Hand (!) Robert Withington giving a very emotive vote of thanks.
