Lord Byron dogs into the water, each with an arm in the ship Captain’s new scarlet waistcoat, to the annoyance of the Captain and the amusement of the crew. Byron had a great love of animals, most notably for a Newfoundland dog named Boatswain. When the animal contracted rabies, Byron nursed him, albeit unsuccessfully, without any thought or fear of becoming bitten and infected. Although deep in debt at the time, Byron commissioned an impressive marble funerary monument for Boatswain at Newstead Abbey, larger than his own, and the only building work which he ever carried out on his estate. In his
Operation Boatswain seen, by the Yarkon River in Tel Aviv.However, not until January 2015 did Archivist of AJEX and historian, Martin Sugarman, succeed after a long campaign, in persuading the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in formally commemorating the 23 Palmach men on their web site and also the inscribing of all their names on the Memorial to the Missing at Brookwood, Surrey. In this he was assisted by Col Neri Areli of the IDF Missing in Action Commission. Operation Boatswain Operation Boatswain was the first of the operational missions carried out by the Palmach as part of the cooperation between the Jewish