Burial at Maidstone, Kent, of Commander Richard Jolly, killed in the German air raid on the Rosyth Naval Base on October 16. Although mortally wounded, Commander Jolly refused to leave the bridge of H.M.S. Mohawk, but continued to give orders until the ship was safely moored. He then collapsed and died.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 November 1939, Page 6
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51Burial at Maidstone, Kent, of Commander Richard Jolly, killed in the German air raid on the Rosyth Naval Base on October 16. Although mortally wounded, Commander Jolly refused to leave the bridge of H.M.S. Mohawk, but continued to give orders until the ship was safely moored. He then collapsed and died. Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 November 1939, Page 6
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