Sad at the passing of Jim crossing the bar he was a friend we had much in common, I am writing the obit for the magazine Folk London it will appear in their next issue Jim saw things that as a lad he should not have done. It coloured his life although he served in the RN for 8 years and after became a peace campaigner/protester he was not a pacifist, an early member of the Committee of 100 he fought a number of campaigns in the UK very publicly, anti war and for the homeless his politics were to the left of Genghis Khan

His name will live long in the songs, Shores of Normandy - Tattie Lads - The Merchant Seaman the first based on his own experiences - the second his brother Fred who served in Rescue tugs - The last for his brother Jack who died at sea in 1940 aged 18 and for all 30000 merchant seamen lost without a grave during WW2.