Funeral of Lt Cdr Michael Anthony Spalding Gould Stewart RN

6 Nov 2022 - I am grateful to former CD and commercial diver Mike O’Meara, Chairman of the Historical Diving Society, for this account of the funeral in Ardrishaig on 3 November of MCDOA member Mike Stewart who crossed the bar on 17 October (see News article for 18 Oct 2022):

“We all gave Mike Stewart (ex-CDO, ex-Strongwork Diving and Wharton Williams Ltd) a good send off at his funeral in Ardrishaig this week.

Back row: Dave Hardy, Alan Stewart, Dougie Matheson, Martin Woodward, Mike Earlam, MCDOA member John O’Driscoll MBE, ex-Cd Mick Ecclestone and ex-CD John Mackenzie.

Front row: Ex-CD Mike O’Meara, Brian Cutler.and Frank Murray.

Thanks to the RNCDA I took the travelling bell with me and rang 5 Bells for Mike.

Go well Mike. 5 bells.”