If you would like to know how we use our cookies or how you can block cookies in your browser please click on our cookie policy. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. South Lancashire Regiment who died 12/02/1917 BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq ' Hi Bob (Chico) Kerr I dont know if you remember me, Bruce Fawcett. fell off the button :? First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? His service register is available online, does it mention his cause of death? Retired as a Police Superintendent some years ago and now enjoying life in Devon. A long way to fall, even with a safety net. I have a great picture of me presenting flowers to the Captains wife, Mrs Ash during some boating escapade on the river. I sadly recall Jnr Seaman Studd absconding and drowning in the Orwell- his kit was auctioned off, attempted suicides and the like. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } HMS Ganges Days. dailyinfo[2]=' 8020 Serjeant Charles POOLE "C" Coy. Being on 'active service' has nothing to do with his CWGC commemoration. instucters were PO Jock Barrie and Chief PO Noel Whitlock. h3 {font-family: calibri; font-size: 20px; text-align:center; color: #000000;} It used to be a training camp for the Navy until 1976, and in later years it was a police training school. 1967 - HMS London Comms Dept. Find Portrait 60s stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. Royal Army Medical Corps who died 22/02/1919 NUNHEAD (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' A researcher has suggested that as the photo appears to show the Fitzroy Stevedoring Company premises beyond the Brilliant, the location must be Woolloomooloo. dailyinfo[25]=' 262952 Private Archibald Stanley BURGNEAY 8th Bn. dailyinfo[11]=' Seacunny ABDUR RAHMAN SIRAJUL HAQ S.S. MERTON HALL (Liverpool). For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. I will live with the great memories of having had such a great time there, with such great people. 1967 - Catherine Davies van Zoen an Jennifer Wood. In 1779 HMS Ganges came into service before becoming a shore training establishment for boy entrants into the Royal Navy in 1905. Ganges was a waste of time & money, proved nothing. If interested in obtaining a copy of the PDF version please PM me with your email address. and Gen. Hos. I was there 1989 in Police training. Your email address will not be published. I also remember Wally Beard as a very amusing sort of a person not the same could be said for Tommo, not many jokes cracked there!!! Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France ' Good fun. Use commas to separate multiple tags. View Gallery. All the pics bring back memories. I climbed the mast many times and vividly remember being button boy on a couple of occasions at 142 feet holding onto the lightning conductor. $7.20 + $14.89 shipping. I thought he meant me &even after 2 sojourns in the sick bay with pneumonia(& thats another story) I did it @ still have my prize. Coy. ( Brief silence) After moving to the Main, via a trip up and down the mast saluting the OOD and reporting Junior Seaman Morgan down from aloft Sir I was sent to Blake 6 Mess, there I met Petty Officer RP Eggy Bowen, who was going to have a great part in my growing up, he was a wonderful caring man, I had a lot of respect for Eggy, and A/PO Gunner Sharkey Ward, my new instructors. i was there 68/69,hard time but great fun ,i think i still hold the record for the most doubling round annexe parade ground and main parade ground as punishment,i remember paddy power and your full real name ,remember pinching buttered bread from messhall and toasting it at night with the mess iron, Ganges Blake 4 Mess 1959 I have been reading some of the above comments and can identify with a lot of them, one in particular mentions POGI Thompson who although a real Tartar I always thought his bark worse than his bite although a few of my mates might have disagreed but it was often a case of different strokes for different folks but one thing it gave you a good grounding for future life maybe after all these years I am looking through rose tinted specs but it made a lasting impression (no I never had cuts) I dont know how many are aware of the Ganges website but if you are interested it offers membership for ex-Ganges guys the opportunity to add your comments and maybe come across old mates. Son serving at Faslane in S/Ms. I was in Blake Division and remember some names, Ross Allen and Nigel Smith. Would be good to meet up with our mess mates sometime. Only when I wrote home did I learn that he was in Grenville 22 as well. 30 Recruitment. A variety of photos from HMS GANGES the people, the place and ships we served on. Part of her duties whilst in the Pacific was to survey Salt Spring Island where the principal town is still called Ganges. My new life has been a cracker. sticking up like one giant finger.Ganges was an experience that will never leave me, a love hate relationship, Started out in Anson 20 mess, back classed through illness and ended up in Grenville 23 mess.Greatest achievement of my life was getting my branch badge after thirteen months I think that I had earned it. 1968 - RO Joseph Iche showing how to salute 1968 style. Can anyone tell me of his circumstances and where the |Ganges was at that time? These photos show the current state of the Ganges. He said it was pretty tough, but it gave the boys an incredible background and training that served them throughout their careers. Did my basic training as a RP before going on draft to Dryad. H.M.S. 1967 . dailyinfo[16]=' 26810 Corporal James PETERS Mentioned in Despatches 13th Bn. 1968 - Joyce Hardy. HMS Ganges (1782) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1782 and broken up in 1816. i was there in 1964 -65, Collingwood 34 in short covered way Yes thats where we were! This was completed in 1903 and the decision was taken at that time to commence the construction of accommodation for the Boys ashore. 1968 HMS Nubian Commissioning Parade with Vin 'Shiner' Wright. She was finally broken up in 1816 after 34 years of service. I never realised that I looked so young! I reached the dizzy heights of Leading Junior but the only perk I remember was being able to get to the front of the scran queue because of my white gaiters! FOR SALE! 92 Rec. Ganges became obsolete, outdated, cold and institutionalised well before the 1960s. JavaScript is disabled. It used to be a training camp for the Navy until 1976, and in later years it was a police training school. Hi Bruce, Yes I remember you, however, there are others that I dont. Those members who have submitted a website joining form will receive an email from the webmaster giving log in details, this email might end up in your Junk/Spam Mail. 5th Bde. 1968 - Dave Coffin. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! One of the tasks they had to do was climb the fearsome 150ft mast, with no safety nets or harnesses.The naval base is long gone but the mast is still there. I was a baby stoker in Grenville 1966/1967 86 recruitment, very sad to see these photographs, I am Scottish and always meant to visit the place again, great memories of a great time in my life, thanks for reminding me yet again, once a Ganges boy but still a ganges boy Thankyou. 1969 - HMY Comms Dept. Great site. Well said Colin, I too had similar experiences, Collingwood Mess March 1961. would not have changed it though and am proud to support the HMS Ganges Association where many of our old oppos can be found. A friend of mine was there in the late 60's and he said it wasn't too bad then. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for British MT Beckenham& HMS Woodlark in pool of london 1984 ship photo at the best online prices at eBay! LMEM Served from 1971 - 1978 Served in HMS Ganges. 1966 - HMS Sirius Communications Department var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 dailyinfo[18]=' Nurse Hellen ILINE Russian Army who died 18/02/1920 MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA Greece ' 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. It's easy! The climbing of the mast was only compulsory to the first yardarm I believe. The most feared were the GIs followed by the PTIs, and one RPO Florrie Ford. Contact the Account Holder about copyright permissions (including ordering copies of content) or issues with the publication of the information or images on eHive. It really is sad to see the place just left to rot. !,turned out l had dislocated my kneecap! Visited HMS Ganges site in November 2009. 1966 - J.R. McKaig. The Mast HMS Ganges,must fill many an ex~Gangian with pure dread! The same tower also has a mast on it, and a broken one is stored underneath it. A great site, yes were all pretty sad to see it like that but you can never take away memories, I was there 1963/64, 59 recrutment as a baby stoker 28/29 mess Benbow division. 1968 Vin 'Shiner' Wright HMS Nubian. Was not much fun either sitting on the freezing thwarts of the cutters and whalers in winter trying to pull with oars I could barely control designed of course for very able bodied grown men, not slightly built 16 yr olds. Live in Australia and have just retired after 23 years in SA Police., have been able to contact 2 mates from 1960, Colin Barber and Colin Dorsett, Any more of you out there!!!! View Gallery. 1968 - RS EJ Emberton. #header {width:878px; margin:0px auto; border:0px solid #bbb; padding:10px; text align: center; } Review of HMS Ganges Museum Reviewed 27 August 2018 Perhaps another story is involved here, maybe not directly associated with the HMS Ganges but I have found little to cover the post WW1 early service of HMS Coventry. Seamanship, knots & awful uniform was not my thing or the rigours of Shotley Routine, doubling up and down Faith, Hope and Charity, Laundry Hill or the Long Covered Way. There I was a babyfaced matelot of 16, let loose in the real world, a girl in every port, and once around the world before I was 20. Happy but tough days.I was in Hawk division, the only name i,ve recogised is PAUL HARTILL (FUB) best of luck to him. All the Best mate. 1967 - HMS Forth Comms Mess. 1969 - Presentation. You are using an out of date browser. 1968 - Peter Lord. 1969 - RO Alan Ingham. HMS Ganges is situated on the Shotley Peninsula in Suffolk. Ships - In which we served. Ganges museum, Shotley marina, Suffolk, England, UK. was a backward swimmer and marched from the annexe to the pool every morning and evening. 1967 - Catherine Davies van Zoen an Jennifer Wood. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vintage Naval navy Real Photo postcard RPP HMS Europa with family at the best online prices at eBay! var mydate=new Date() It is just a pity that Ganges could not have been transformed into a correction centre for some of todays youths,then I think we might have not much bad behaviour. !Doubling around the main parade ground in front of Nelsons Hall with 303s outstretched, standing to attention outside Drake 38 in the very early cold hours until one of us fainted for an utterly minor infraction. !.173 joined and when we left 11 months later there was 62 remaining.l work in the Prison Service now and 2 years ago l met one of my old Leading Juniors serving 5 years ,it was so good to meet up again!!!! 1966 - Comms Dept night out Gib. It certainly transformed us from little boys into men. funny enough during 12 years never saw anyone from our class. In one room were some educational posters on one wall. to think of the days we had to climb that (by order) HSE would have a fit today. 1969 - Dennis Alderson, Ted Palfrey, Gordon Laws founder members of the RNCCA. 1966 - RO Iddon. 1969 - Lt Ash (aged 95). 1967 - HMS Naiad Comms Dept. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Various items have been made from her timbers, including a grand staircase on an estate in South Devon, The stern cabin is now a cocktail bar in a small hotel on Burgh Island in South Devon, and numerous miniature rum barrels and other items continue to be offered to us as exhibits. Bluecher German Navy who died 15/02/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' She was the first British. On 4th October 1905 the new Barracks The Royal Navy Training Establishment, Shotley was commissioned. 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