George Paxton

Service Record	From	To
Kinnaird Castle Cadet	7/1966	1/1967
Clan MacNab Cadet	2/1967	8/1967
Southampton Castle Cadet	9/1967	2/1968
Clan Finlay Cadet	3/1968	6/1968
Edinburgh Castle Cadet	7/1968	8/1968
SA Vaal Cadet	5/1969	9/1969
SA Vaal 4th Officer	10/1969	12/1969
King Arthur 3rd Officer	2/1970	5/1970
Southampton Castle 3rd Officer	8/1970	7/1971
Good Hope Castle 3rd Officer	9/1971	2/1972
Kinnaird Castle 3rd Officer	3/1972
Reina Del Mar Extra 2nd Officer	7/1973	4/1974
Reina del Mar 2nd Officer	4/1974	1975
Clan Matheson 2nd Officer	7/1975	10/1975
Windsor Castle 2nd Officer	11/1975	3/1976
King William 2nd Officer	4/1976	7/1976
Balmoral Castle Chief Officer	1977
Balmoral Universal Chief Officer		1980
Dover Universal Chief Officer	8/1980	11/1980
Kinpurnie Universal Chief Officer	1981	1981
Edinburgh Universal Chief Officer	10/1981	10/1982
Al Zahrah Chief Officer	1983	3/1984
Scirocco Universal Chief Officer	5/1984	11/1984
Speedster Universal Chief Officer	1986	3/1987
Scirocco Universal Chief Officer	6/1987	1988
Mistral Master	1988	1988
Al Zahrah Master	1988	3/1989
Mistral Master	1989	1990
Al Zahrah Master	1990	9/1990
Uranus Master	1991	1991
Mistral Master	1991	1992
Al Zohal Master	1992	1993
Bora Universal Master	1993	1993
Pluto Master	1994	1994
Died	2013

Memories of George

An email conversation with Reg Mercer on 23 April 2013

Hi Chris,

Attached are some photos which might be of interest for new website.

If you need any further details let me know.

Not sure if you ever came across George Paxton but he was buried a few weeks ago. I did my first trip with him on Kinnaird Castle.

Reg

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I am very sad to hear such news.

I knew George well. We sailed together on Southampton Castle he was 3/O and I was x2/O.

He always wore carpet slippers and supported Kilmarnock.

A couple of years ago at the Southampton reunion I had a long talk with Ian Shearer who was master at that time. He remembered George and would have been sad to hear the news. Capt Shearer passed away last year in his 90s. In Sept I am attending the overnight reunion in Southampton and I know that Alan and Helen Stewart will be there, he was 2/O at that time.

Regards

Chris

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Now that I come to think of it there is a photo of George in the ones I sent to you this morning. It's a very bad quality one of 4 or 5 cadets sunbathing.

George is on his back at the front. It was your comment about carpet slippers reminded me!

Reg

Capt George Paxton

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