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This is a photograph of the boy sailors parading for fireworks night on 5th December 1961 at HMS St Vincent. Graham Davies was a boy sailor at the school and took part in this parade. He went on to serve for twelve years aboard several ships and at shore bases all over the world. His memoirs and photographs can be viewed on line at the West Wales Veterans archive on the Peoples Collection Wales website.

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