G G Jean
Brummy Wench.
"Buddy Padmore" was the brother of cousin Beatties husband Bob. He served on the HMS Ocean during world war two just off Malta. Bob was told that he had been killed and presumed it was during the conflict. On a visit to gozo with mom we visited the war museum to try and find his grave. Nothing turned up until a couple of days before we were due to leave. The Commissionare for war graves contacted us saying he had died a day after the war ended. An awful accident on board his ship [an explosion] that killed him. That is why he was not listed as those fallen during the war. Mom caught the ferry to Malta where there was someone to meet her and take her to his grave. It was during the hours where the cemetary was closed but they opened up specially for mom to lay some flowers and take photographs. RIP.