On May 3rd 2026, Dr Hans-Christian Anderson delivered the sermon at the annual memorial service for Denmark's War Saiors (1940 - 1945) at St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne.
We have gathered today to celebrate the Danes merchant navy seamen who volunteered in 1940, to sail for the allies.
They defied orders from their government to return to Denmark. Instead, almost all of them sailed to allied ports and offered their ships and their services to the allies.
What followed, for most of them, was five years away from their homes and their families. Five years of sailing all over the world with all kinds of cargo, on all the world's oceans.
Tuesday, 05 May 2026 22:26
O'DWYER Warrant Officer James Patrick (Jim) O'Dwyer, 27 April 1925 – 28 January 2026.
