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Tracing old shipmates.
Joined Ganges Feb 47, Then to Duke of York and Battleaxe. Am trying to traceold shipmates and in particular ..anyone who served on the submarine TACTICION operating from HMS Terror in Singapore on or about 16th Nov. 1953. I travelled by passenger liner from Tilbury on 30th. Sept 53 to join the boat. in Australia.
e mail address wjdcr19@hotmail.com. UK Tel number 01509558309
Museum
I have sent an email to the Museum. Will keep you updated. Thanks for the help.
Dusty
Kepple !!
Russ. Me old oppo, add on 10 years.....
What happened to Kepple Division 2 mess
Hi Pete
Surprized to hear Fearless Division next to Quater Deck. What happened to Kepple Division from 1963?
Yours Aye Russ Welland
Help Please
Dusty. I gave a Naval Manual to the museum a few years ago, dated the early 1900s, may be they may help..
Help please
To assist my wife in her genealogy research, can anyone tell me what a GB or GP rating would be in the RN circa 1911. Possibly Gunnery ???
Any help much appreciated, get in the good books, if you know what I mean, nudge, nudge, wink, wink !!
Ganges 55/56
Hi Coggy,
Joined Ganges 15 Mar 1955, Rodney 12 Mess, Class 282. I have only found one of my class member
(Lew Dodds, He lives down under!) and we are now in contact with each other.
Take care, regards Mike
K.P.Steele
Many thanks Des for organising the Standards at Tom Steele's Memorial service.He would have been proud to witness such a smart turn out. I will be in touch. All the Best Tom
Class Mates
Pete. May be I can help. Ive just spent 2 weeks on the P&O Cruise ship Aurora, and the security office on there was in the same class, division, and there for passing out parade. But! I cant remember his name. May be if you get in touch with P&O at Southampton explain the situation they may help..
Class mates of 1976
Hi all, l am trying so hard to find class mates from my class at Ganges.l was in Fearless Division- 3 Mess at the top of the Long Covered Way, next to the Quarter Deck.l am also trying to find a Photo of our class without any success, does anyone know of our Class lnstructor PO(M) Mason or Walker, just to jog peoples memories l joined April 6th 1976 and went into Fearless Division about a week later from new entry.We had our Passing out Parade in the June of 1976 and was so proud to be a Member of the last Recruitment ever to pass through HMS Ganges, thinking back l would not change anything for the world... infact l would do it all again IF ONLY I COULD. lf anybody can help me please do not hesitate to contact me, it would mean so much if l could find this photo,my class mates and my class lnstructor,yes l have checked the WEB SITE but to no avail. Thankyou peterfullarton@live.com.
My Address
It seems we may have crossed wires somewhere along the way. I will try again via the Ganges link.
Cheers
Dusty
Kevin Patrick (Tommy) Steele R I P
Thanks for informing us all of Tommy's sad and early demise Tom. May He Rest in Peace. I will remember him particularly from the Eagle, 63-66, where we trailed each other doing the A W K Course and then studying for the Killicks Fleetboard before picking up our Hook. We did the M T C together in Sultan where Tommy got Mechs marks and went on to complete the two year course. Yourself, Tom and Tommy then joined the ALBION as Baby Mechanicians, where I had meanwhile been rated POME and was down below in B Boiler Room. Happpy Days. Tommy left us well before his time. Keep in touch Tom and I shall see you in Penarth on 19 May.
It would be good to see Standards, please Lads.
Des Kerrigan
Ganges, Raleigh, Wakeful, Eagle, Sultan, Ashanti, Albion, Warrior, Exmouth, Centurion(Paris), Alacrity, Norfolk,Tamar (Hong Kong),Warrior, Centurion(NP 2010 Falklands), Falmouth, RNR London, Nelson (Release)
K.P.Steele
It is my sad duty to inform members of the passing of an old shipmate Kevin (Tom) Steele in Spain on the 5th April.He joined Ganges on 06/09/60 and was in Anson 85 class 18 mess.A memorial service will be held in St. Joseph's church Penarth at 1300 on May 19th.Contact me for any more info. Tom McC.
lincoln memories
Dusty, Go ahead and speak on e-mail. should be quite interesting to reminise of old times in Lincoln, as you said your latest you have brother in Cherry Willingham--my closet mate lived there but has now moved to Bury-St Edmunds suffolk. He is aged about 85, so who knows they could have known each other. All the best Eric.
es newman
Lincoln replies
Many thanks Bob and Eric for your replies..
I have taken the opportunity to reply via the member's link and I would very much like to hook up via email if you wish.
Regards
Dusty
hms ganges pakefield reunion
May I take this opportunity of thanking Dickie Doyle on behalf our group Ernie Oakfield 1941, Jumper Collins 1946 and myself 1956 for a great week-end. Thankyou and the team.
Lincoln
Hi Dusty, although I don't live in Lincoln as such but 30 miles down the road in Cleethorpes about a 50 min. run on these country roads, I do visit Lincoln quite often to attend S/m Assoc. meetings and like yourself have a love affair with the city and the cathederal, let me have your address and I will forward some photos or postcards on to you. I may push the boat out and send you a local paper. Best wishes from the Fens. Bob
Deeps 57
anyone in Lincoln
Dusty, I have just read your message
regarding Lincoln-- Although I dont originate from Lincoln I lived there for a few years, I was a Prison Officer ( Hospital Officer) at Lincoln Prison. Got to know the place quite well and all the usual places to visit for a pleasant drink!!
My youngest daughter was born there so she is a :Lincolnshire Yellow belly: Many happy memories of the Place.
Yours aye e.s.newman Hawke division 1947
es newman
Anyone from Lincoln
I have never seen anything from anyone in Lincoln, which was my hometown. I wonder if there are any members from there. Although I have been in NZ for just over 50 years now it would be nice to hook up with someone from there.
Cheers
Dusty
Crossed the bar
Just learned from shipmate Richard Southall that shipmate Brian Parker P/063705 Daring mess in the annexe and then Hawke 343 48 Mess crossed the bar last month in Australia after a long battle with cancer.
May he find safe acnchorage
bugle band
I was a silver bugler in 1970/1971, which came with a blue card!!!, but I do remember getting 7 days No 9's for daring to jazz up reveille. I also played at the Royal Tournement 1971 & Clackton Carneval, meeting Pans People. Great days and very fond memories. Anyone remember these?
Bugle Band
Bob. I have a CD with all the bugle calls on, I think there is about 32. All played by a Bootneck, if interested.
Hello Paddy!
I remember you well! Good to hear that some of us are still around.
I now live in Bishop's Waltham, Nr Southampton and am enjoying my retirement. What are you up to?
If you let me have your e-mail address, I will make contact and fill you in with what I have been doing for the past 50 years!
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Martin (Willy) Wiltshire
bugle band
I never see anything written on the best bugle band in the world....Are there any tapes cd's or any history out there. Also any sounds of bugle calls in the R>N>...I always wanted to join,but they were regarded as skates so I chickened out...????
Bob
Still looking for 43b recruitment
Hi all,
Just in case it may have slipped some minds, next year is the 50th year of celebrating (?) our entry into the RN at Ganges. 12.9.1961, is it REALLY 50 years. Anyhow, are there enough out there to try and organise something?. Still looking for Duncan 13 members, especially David Winch.
regards
Johnh Hume, Nottingham
1959.27exmouth.john mcevoy looking for contacts.
i joined hms ganges on the 6/1/1959.i would like to hear from anyone of the same recruitment.my name is john mcevoy,but because of being irish i was known as paddy.i rmember boys such as,taylor,smith,wilshire,harvey,murch.anybody remember me. thanks
95 recruitment aug 1967
any other holiday makers from blake division out there,remember how easy we had it!
reg farmer
D Day
No further forward except to add that the Derek Day I knew did a 3 year tdy in the USA.
Stoney
D Day
Dave, Chances are that one of my colleagues will know if Colin was the name of Derek's brother. I will get back to you.
Rod
Stoney
D Day
Cheerrs for your reply Stoney.
I'm not sure if this is the same Derek Day.
When I left the RN in 1983 and moved back to Folkestone I made contact with his father who was very ill with dementia, but his career informed me that Derek only completed 9 years in the RN then moved to America. She tried to find Dereks American address but failed to do so and Dereks father died shortly after. Dereks brother died not long after completing his 22 in1981.
MD Townsend DSM (Dave T)
MD Townsend DSM