Today, Totton College students and staff joined people around the UK on Armistice Day in honouring and remembering those who have served and sacrificed for our country.
Leading our remembrance, Mark Snow currently works at Totton College as our Hospitality and Catering tutor. Before joining Totton College, Mark was part of the Royal Navy joining at just 16 years old as a junior chef in 1979.
“The first ship I worked on was the HMS Sheffield, where I started at 17 years of age. After 5 months out at sea, and on our way home to the UK, the HMS Sheffield was called to assist near the Falkland Islands. On 4th May 1982 HMS Sheffield was hit by an Exocet missile. At the moment it hit I was off duty and not in the galley, where the missile entered and where a number of my friends lost their lives.”
“I returned home to the UK on the 28th of May 1982. However, 20 of my friends did not return home to their families. I continued my Navy career until 2003 and at that time took part in peacekeeping in Yugoslavia, Kosovo and Sierra Leone.
Since leaving the Royal Navy, Mark has been involved with the HMS Sheffield Association where Mark is a treasurer and Mark is the standard bearer for Romsey British Legion and proudly carried the flag at the service in Romsey during Remembrance Sunday yesterday.
“I am very proud in my role at Totton College so I can pass my experience on to the students and each year on 11th November. I help with the 2 minutes silence and wear my medals with pride and lower the standard.”
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