HIGH BEACH: Naval officer passes first phase of training (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

HIGH BEACH: Naval officer passes first phase of training

1:30pm Thursday 9th February 2012 in Epping Forest News By Tom Porter

LIFE on the open waves beckons for a High Beach man who has just passed the first phase of his naval officer training.

Mike Winch, 26, from Church Road, was watched by his proud parents Mike and Sue and his partner Rosie Withall at the passing-out parade in Dartmouth, Devon.

Sub-Lieutenant Winch, who is originally from Halifax, Canada, joined the Royal Navy as an engineer in 2008 and was selected for officer training less than three years later.

He has now begun the next phase of his training on HMS Raleigh in Cornwall.

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