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| At 2.30pm, on Saturday 7 March 1942 the districts of Williton and Watchet launched their warship Week with a ceremonial march through Williton, led by a band of the Royal Marines and with the salute taken by Admiral Casement CB. The opening ceremony was performed at 3.15pm by Lord St Audries (President of the local effort), Admiral (retired) J M Casement CB, Vernon Bartlet MP, and Mrs D Clement Salaman (Chairman of the area Warship Week Committee). |
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| A similar scene was repeated at Watchet a little over one hour later. It was announced that the target for the district had been set at a challenging £120,000, enough to adopt the destroyer HMS Tetcott | ||
 | By the close of the week the final amount realised stood at a little over £100,500 – almost £15,000 short of the target. In May, the district received confirmation that, as a result of their efforts made during the Warship Week campaign, the area would adopt HMS Tetcott as previously discussed, and arrangements were to be made to exchange plaques, one from the district to the ship and another - of the ship’s badge - to be displayed in the local Council Chambers. Today, the ship’s badge is housed within Holsworthy Museum, generously donated in 2005 by Watchet Town Council. | |
| Lieutenant Rycroft was to keep in regular contact with both Tetcott and the district of Williton and Watchet, sending occasional updates on the events and operations in which 'their' ship had been involved: whilst the inhabitants of the Devon and Somerset villages provided numerous comforts and treats for those aboard. | ||