My late grandfather was (at the time) a Sergeant of Royal Marines named George Puddifoot. His action of flooding the main magazine at the River Plate was credited with saving HMS Exeter, as the ship was on fire from stem to stern.
Thank you for the video, my father was on the ship at the fateful time and became a "guest" of the Japanese. Never spoke of it very much. We can only guess what they all went through.
@wrmxh18 Did he spend the war in Japan ar Makassar after becoming a POW from the Exeter? My grandad was in Nagasaki when the Americans dropped 'Fat Man'
MY FATHERS UNCLE, HENRY DE WET GREEN SERVED ON THIS FINE SHIP AS CHIEF STOKER, AND ALSO SERVED ON THE ACHILLES AT THE RIVER PLATE, HE WAS ON THE EXETER WHEN SHE WAS SUNK AND CAPTURED, BUT DIED AS POW, GODBLESS HIM
My father was also on the Exeter in that battle. He too survived the horrors of the prison camps. What about the stills, are they available especially the one of the crew. Great video.
My late grandfather was (at the time) a Sergeant of Royal Marines named George Puddifoot. His action of flooding the main magazine at the River Plate was credited with saving HMS Exeter, as the ship was on fire from stem to stern.
RIP Gramps, gone but never forgotten.
PlymouthPilgrim1975 1 year ago
Tribute to these brave men..God Bless them.
MrMike3865 1 year ago
A place in Valhalla is reserved for these men
BrabazonBW 1 year ago
Thank you for the video, my father was on the ship at the fateful time and became a "guest" of the Japanese. Never spoke of it very much. We can only guess what they all went through.
wrmxh18 1 year ago
@wrmxh18 Did he spend the war in Japan ar Makassar after becoming a POW from the Exeter? My grandad was in Nagasaki when the Americans dropped 'Fat Man'
DangRockets 1 year ago
MY FATHERS UNCLE, HENRY DE WET GREEN SERVED ON THIS FINE SHIP AS CHIEF STOKER, AND ALSO SERVED ON THE ACHILLES AT THE RIVER PLATE, HE WAS ON THE EXETER WHEN SHE WAS SUNK AND CAPTURED, BUT DIED AS POW, GODBLESS HIM
MrPIT1956 1 year ago
My father was also on the Exeter in that battle. He too survived the horrors of the prison camps. What about the stills, are they available especially the one of the crew. Great video.
WeePollokBoy 1 year ago
Amazing. My father was on Exeter at Java Sea and was a prisoner of the Japanese until liberated in August 1945.
Is there any possiblity I could have some of the stills from this fantastic presentation. Beautifully and sensitively done
BrabazonBW 2 years ago
wot's the name of the song?
marcofrattini1 2 years ago
why don't you watch the credits?
flyboy8492 2 years ago
I saw these photos were for SALE on a mew site....disgusting.
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
It was a sorry mess, mostly Churchills fault, he would not listen to the admiralty.
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
she and the other ships of the ABDA force never stood a chance but they fought anyway.
brave men all of them.
shathriel 3 years ago