Former headmistress presented with Naval cap to celebrate 100th birthday

Former headmistress presented with Naval cap to celebrate 100th birthday
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Former headmistress presented with Naval cap to celebrate 100th birthday
Author: Claire Hayhurst
Published: Jan, 28 2025 14:55

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Royal Marines Warrant Officer John Morrish, from the Naval Regional Command Wales and Western England, presented Ms Grey with her cap from HMS Flying Fox to mark her birthday.

Her father had joined the Royal Navy aged 16 and sailed the world on a number of warships as a chief petty officer, before moving to Bristol and working as an electrician on HMS Flying Fox.

A retired headmistress has been presented with a Naval cap to mark her 100th birthday, after saying that she had always wanted to join the Royal Navy.

Margaret Grey had a successful career in education, but told staff at St Monica Trust’s Charterhouse Care Home in Keynsham, Bristol, that it had always been her dream to follow in her father’s footsteps.

Ms Grey was looking forward to earning her own cap, but her parents became unwell, meaning she was unable to join the Navy and she trained as a teacher instead.

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