Hi my name is Darren and I love local military history from the North East Coastal town i live in. I am trying to get a bench that has been in the town for over 50 years restored and placed in a prominent position for all the community to use. This bench has teak from a battleship that served in both World War One and two. This battleship was called HMS Valiant. She freight at the battle of Jutland in 1916 and Cape Mataran in 1941.

HMS Valiant was decommissioned in July 1945.

we need to save more of our history so please donate so that this can be preserved for future generations.

having started to research this battleship it now shows that Prince Philip also served on her during WW2.