South London worked on the D Day Mulberry Harbour
Channel: Mitcham Notes
Date: 2024-03-10

The south London building firm of Wates Ltd built the mooring buoys, or 'shuttles' for the floating Mulberry Harbour used on D-Day in 1944.

This video tells of the men from south London who worked on this project. 
These included:
Mr J. Heath of Streatham, B.A. Prescott of Norwood, Mr A. Bird of Tooting, George Payne, of Mitcham and Arthur Watts of Brixton, Mr C.D. Mitchell of New Malden, Mr L.R. Seaton of Streatham, Mr J. Jacobs of Ewell, Mr C.A. Webb of New Malden.

The five men depicted on the newspaper article were: from left to right, they are Arthur Cole, Frank Ford King, Frank Bull, Arthur Hyland, Arthur Orieux. 

For more see this blog post on Mitcham History Notes
https://mitchamhistorynotes.com/2024/03/11/d-day-mulberry-harbour-pontoons-were-made-in-south-london/

The article can be read on the British Newspaper Archive, with a subscription, at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002308/19450216/042/0003

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