hms ganges photos 1967

His service number indicates enlistment in 1920, so won't have been in the Navy for very long at all. 1968 - Mixing the Christmas Pudding. What a turn of fate. dailyinfo[28]=' 19673 Leading Aircraftman Samuel Ambrose TICKNER Meritorious Service Medal No. (Moseley) A long suffering Birmingham City follower, A Life Long{So Far} Interest,Collection & Research Of All Campaign,Gallantry & Service Medals;Particularly those Awarded to Men who served with the 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment TF;1908 ~ 1939 & Antecedents[3rdVB Suffolk R.]/1st & 2nd Bns TA[1939~46]Medals Trios & Groups To The 6th Service Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment,& For Variety Unusual Groups to the Royal Regiment of Artillery & Army Service Corps{RASC}, Luxembourg history, walking, battlefield guiding, Upcoming changes to logging in - click here, GWF is free to use so please support the Forum. 1967 - David Erwin. Joined Ganges Sept 70,Anson 21 mess long covered way,was at the old place couple of years ago what a bloody shame to let it go to rack and ruin.At least the old school house has been turned into flats.I am proud to be called a Ganges lad,the cream of the Royal Navy. Junior Seaman 1st Class. Thanks for the memories. On entry, these boys were 15 years of age. HMS Ganges is situated on the Shotley Peninsula in Suffolk. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore Whenever I hear the term culture shock I think of my 1st few weeks at Shotley. I JOINED UP SEPT 13TH 1970. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. Boys who joined the Navy at either 16 or 17 (initially as seamen, as opposed to other trades) were sent to one of a number of Boy training establishments, Ganges being one, to undertake their 3 months' basic training. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. The last sail only warship built for the Royal Navy. Select from premium Portrait 60s of the highest quality. Remember being woken up by 2 binlids being banged together and having to shave?? 1968 - Les Prior (3rd from right) Joined Ganges march 1976 resolution 142 17 mess. 1966 - Disposition of British Forces. I have it saved as a PDF file. I always thought that Ganges lads went to the fleet with a better understanding of the RN. HomeIntro/HistoryIntroHistoryBuntingsSig LampsSemaphoreFlagsPennant NosMisc PhotosSparkersTransmittersReceiversRadio CallsignsEquipmentRefurbishmentSnippetsPortStarboardMidshipsCommunicationsHMS MercuryHMS GangesPhotos/Docs/BooksPhotographsCommunicatorPublicationsPersonalTeleprinter ArtTeleprinter ArtSearchIn Memory ContactLinks Vice Admiral Gordon Campbell, VC of the Royal Navy inspects the cadets of 'HMS Ganges' at the Annual British Legion fete at Christchurch Park,. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. Most had signed on for 9 years (which didn't include the time served before the age of 18). Confirmation (June/July 1967) 45: HMS GANGES PARENTS DAY (July 1967) 45: JRO2 Ray (Taff) Hurley (1967) 46: Assembly of officers (Between October 1967 and October 1968) 46: Open Day 1968: 47: A days Sea Training on HMS Tenby - 1966 . 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. Went on much later to become a Saturation Diver in the offshore oil & gas industry. George, would you believe that Wally Beard went on to become a man of the cloth after he left the pusser. The climbing of the mast was only compulsory to the first yardarm I believe. It is now being developed. var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 Can anyone tell me of his circumstances and where the |Ganges was at that time? 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. All admin will read your Timeline, if no mention of Ganges or of time served in the Royal Navy will be refused entry. One has had an additional observation post built onto it which gives splendid views accross the estuary to Harwich and Felixstowe. I joined Ganges May 5th 1953 .I remember the PTIs There was a lightning conductor on top to grip with ones knees. I returned to Ganges when a Home Office training establishment as a guest of the Superintendent I/C and enjoyed a glass of sherry in what was formerly the Captains office overlooking the Quarter Deck. Observer career path/ real life experience. Sorry all, should have said Suffolk, not Essex. ITS SAD TO SEE THE PICTURES OF GANGES NOW. Canadian Railway Troops who died 09/02/1920 HALIFAX (MOUNT OLIVET) CEMETERY Canada ' Ganges became obsolete, outdated, cold and institutionalised well before the 1960s. South Lancashire Regiment who died 12/02/1917 BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq ' aside1 {width: 220px;padding-left: .5rem;margin-left: .5rem;float: right;text-align:center;} 1968 - Version of the Playstation. dailyinfo[15]=' Fregattenkapitaen Alexander ERDMANN S.M.S. //-->, By Would be good to meet up with our mess mates sometime. As you are about to see, 1954 went down in HMS Ganges history as a year without precedent throughout the period 1906 to 1976, namely its entire history - in short, more boys ran away from HMS Ganges in 1954 than at any other time and transcended the numbers returned by HMS St Vincent by a huge margin. I reckon that I received my secondary education at Shotley, I joined Ganges 2 Sep 58 (Benbow 251 Tactical Operators). UK is lost. Patrick H23 October , 2005 in Sailors, navies and the war at sea. NICE TO SEE SOMEONE WHO JOINED UP THE SAME DAY AS ME. dailyinfo[7]=' Major Surtees ATKINSON Military Cross Royal Field Artillery who died 07/02/1918 FULFORD CEMETERY United Kingdom ' It used to be a training camp for the Navy until 1976, and in later years it was a police training school. Always remembered my Ships Book No 6666. Joined Ganges on 4th Feb 1963, 56 recruitment, the year of the worst winter since 1947.Six, seven foot snow drifts on the way to Ganges from Ipswitch railway station in the old cream and blue Bedford OB coach.The sky and ground were white and the only thing that could be seen about a couple of miles away from Ganges was the mast! Discipline was reported to have been a little over zealous at times. 1967 - David Erwin. From 1905 until 1976 HMS Ganges was an uncompromising training establishment for the Royal Navy, designed to turn Boys into Men fit to serve in His/Her Majestys Fleet and in todays Museum we are proud to remember all those who trained or served in HMS Ganges and the Fleet. On 5th May 1865 she arrived under tow at Devonport to be stripped of her guns and fitted out as a Training Ship for Boys.On 1st January 1866 the whole of the Boys on board HMS Wellesley were transferred to HMS Ganges at Plymouth and she arrived at Falmouth on 20th May 1866 and for the next thirty-three years was moored at various locations at Mylor, in Cornwall. HMS Ganges Memorabilia Nicks Sep 3, 2006 1 2 Next N Nicks MIA Sep 3, 2006 #1 I recently purchased an HMS Ganges Candelabra at a car boot sale near to me in Littlehampton and on the base is enscribed; Presented By Inst Cdr H.C. Malkin, Lt Cdr J.A.F. 433 sentences with 'flag captain'. HMS Ganges Museum HMS Ganges Museum Is this your business? var mydate=new Date() else { document.write(fontstart+"No major events today"+fontend); } Ganges, also known as Shotley Training Establishment, was a boys' training establishment at Shotley, Harwich. from The New York Times "Es My father was a signals boy at Ganges from March 1934 until June 1935 and, by a strange quirk of fate, I found his unique initials scratched on the end of my bed on the base frame. 1966 - Geoff Cook. I never realised that I looked so young! started off in the annexe in dreadnought mess and ironicly my last sub before leaving mob was dreanouht, joined ganges 12 sept 1966 77 recruitment duncan 11 mess instructors cpo bowen and po snoxell wow what a state its in now spent hours polishing the mess deck with a shoe brush now its all in the skip! 1969 - Dr David Owen. This building was a Signal School apparently, which was created to teach flag signalling and telecommunications. On November 11th, with 500 Boys on board she was move to Harwich in convoy with HMS Hearty. There was a Daylight Signal Lamp (DSL) on the end of the block It went on to become a landmark for the forces and for Suffolk . General Photographs 1966 to 1969 1967 - Singapore Jan 1967. She was made of teak and launched from the Bombay Dockyard in November 1821. It certainly transformed us from little boys into men. instucters were PO Jock Barrie and Chief PO Noel Whitlock. would not say it was great but the memories of the lads you were with 24/7 still come back. My brother was at HMS GANGES in1952 ,he also joined HMS INDOMITABLE but was killed in the explosion which occured in 1953 at the time of his death he was 17 years old ,he would have been 19 on the 17-03-1953, please reply if possible . We may have some mutual memories? !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. I could not believe reading your comments. Time to learn some nautical signals. 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. All those humane movies we watched, and we believed it was only nazis who behaved like the gunnery instructors at Ganges. Its so sad to see how it is now. I was in Blake Division and remember some names, Ross Allen and Nigel Smith. IMAGES FROM THE 1960's H.M.S. In Bootle I was starting my first year at the 1968 Nubian Comms Branch 1968-70 Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' I went there in 1958( Blake 6 Mess) one of the few airy fairies & it did change me from a know it all, after a schoolie said on our first day I know now who will be top of this class. I have a great picture of me presenting flowers to the Captains wife, Mrs Ash during some boating escapade on the river. An old battery remains on the grounds of HMS Ganges. This gallery has been set up as a home for images that have not so far been added to the Museums Official Website https://www.hmsgangesmuseum.com/ Royal Engineers who died 31/01/1919 COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY Germany ' including mast manning, in a Pictorial Tribute leaflet from An 84 gun ship she was launched in 1821, of 2,283 tons and carried a crew of 700 men. I was glad there were only 24 hours in a day as you did not stop until pipe down Anyone with a peak cap was GOD. General Photographs - 1966 to 1969If you take copies of these photographs to publish elsewhere please give a mention of this site. I think at one stage you could go to Gnges from 12 years old (not certain about this). Anybody out there that was with the window ladder display at Earles Court,London 1971.I would love to say that I was one of the guys up on the window ladder doing the display.But no I was one of the men who carried out one of the two poles,at the heavy end I might add.Great days!!!!! I went into the old hospital to poke my nose, and then it was going to rack n ruin then, recall an old polio iron lung. 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! HMS Ganges Days. HMS Ganges herself left Shotley in July 1906 for Chatham leaving her Figurehead to remain at Shotley as a reminder until the Training Establishment was itself closed in 1976. Lincolnshire Regiment who died 05/03/1916 CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES France ' I have a grave in Lambourne Churchyard to A A A Adams Boy 2nd Class J/96948 who died 23.7.1020. which we used to read for instructions (You could actually stand below the light and Joined ganges september 1964 (giant recruitment) dailyinfo[14]=' 15697 Private William SWINDELL 10th Bn. 1966 - Graham Lloyd. Bob Garnam was the Petty Officer in charge of our hut along with Mechanician Grigsby (from Liverpool). 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. In 1779 HMS Ganges came into service before becoming a shore training establishment for boy entrants into the Royal Navy in 1905. funny enough during 12 years never saw anyone from our class. H.M.S. 1968 - Alan Murchie. to think of the days we had to climb that (by order) HSE would have a fit today. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! The list of Captains of the first and second sea going and later HMS Ganges boys training ships at Falmouth and Harwich were drawn up by Commander William H Nicholson the last Captain prior to the renaming of the second HMS Ganges to HMS Tenedos in 1906.Amongst the Captains should be noted the Hon. The swimming pool was a nightmare as I was a backward swimmer and hated the PTIs and their poles with a vengence, left there and joined HMS Venus. Sad to see all the photos now but Ganges will always play a part if my life. (The following is extracted from the book The Life and Times of HMS Ganges compiled by Dickie Doyle and available to purchase from the Museum Shop. Did my basic training as a RP before going on draft to Dryad. On 4th October 1905 the new Barracks The Royal Navy Training Establishment, Shotley was commissioned. Happy days, tough but did us no harm in the long run. $7.20 + $14.89 shipping. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. The first HMS Ganges was a 74-gun ship, originally named Bengal, built by the East India Company, informally known as John Company, on the Thames and presented to the British Government in 1779. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. That lasted about 6 months then you got your first ship in my case HMS Eskimo. 1968 - Alan Davis. 503 were here. Richard Firmin LSA Served from 1967 - 1975 Served in HMS Ganges Richard Dunn CMEM (M) Served from 1972 - 1987 Served in HMS Ganges Tony Hayden RO1 (T) Served from 1970 - 1975 Served in HMS Ganges Peter Ohara MT2 Served from 1965 - 2021 Served in HMS Ganges Peter Cook HMS ABDIEL ROYAL Navy Cap Tally Tallie Cap Band H.M.S. Stay well old friend, and you never know, one day we just may bump into one another. 1967 - Margaret Richardson. Nigel, I joined 28 days before you. Like him the GIs (GI Thompson in particular) and the PTIs were god and to be feared by all. The Rural Coffee Caravan Information Project, Mothers' Union - Shotley Peninsula Branch, Stour & Orwell Estuaries Management Group. Joined 30th Novenber 1971,31 Recruitment,Leander and then Anson.Remenber playing football and injuring my knee,went sickand was told by the Captain Surgeon that l was homesick! dailyinfo[8]=' Ersatz-Reservist August KOOP 5./I.R.425 German Army who died 08/02/1919 ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' I was in Grenville 22 mess and would have left with you guys in 1964 for Condor but became a J.I and went back to the Annex. When Peter Broadbent entered HMS Ganges, the toughest training establishment for young recruits to the Royal Navy, he was a naive 15-year-old Yorkshire schoolboy, entranced with the idea of seeing the world, proud of his drainpipe trousers and DA hairstyle, and eager to meet girls. 1968 - Going on leave. dailyinfo[17]=' Second Lieutenant George Ernest VINCENT Distinguished Conduct Medal 9th Bn. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. I cant imagine what it would be like at the top of it. In July 2006 the Secretary of State intervened and rejected all plans! It was at Shotley in Essex, opposite Harwich. Like all young sailors I used to look at the Chiefs & Petty Officers and think I will never get there doomed to be a AB for 12 years. British MT Ben harold Smith in pool of london 1967 ship photo. Ganges museum, Shotley marina, Suffolk, England, UK. All the Best mate. 1968 - HMS Albion Comms Staff. Royal Flying Corps who died 06/02/1918 LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' HAD SOME GOOD TIMES THERE. 1968 - Alan Davies. For the rest of the history, and to see some of the 10,000+ artefacts on show you will have to visit the museum.) That year over 1000 boys went down with Asian Flu. ), You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. (As part of de-cluttering I'll probably offer it on eBay later this year. 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. The button boy was paid a shilling for his endeavours. If interested in obtaining a copy of the PDF version please PM me with your email address. 1967 - HMS Forth Comms Mess. Joined Ganges Jan 1951 from St.Vincent to be a Signal Boy. Bernards of Harwich who were Naval tailors. How to use 'flag captain' in a sentence? Did 14 weeks of basic Police Training and loved every minute, probably why im still in job 21 years later Like lots of others, dreaded the pool!! 1966 - J.R. McKaig. 1968 - Joyce Hardy. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. 1966 - RO Chappell. Ladder Display Ancestry Windows History Photograph of the Window Ladder Display at HMS Ganges; photographer : Fisk, R A, Mr; SHHMG:A1258 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. I cant find out exactly how high it is various websites say its between 130 and 150ft high. LEFT THE NAVY 1994 AS A POMEM ,WORKING AS APOSTMAN NOW. 1967 - Catherine Davies van Zoen an Jennifer Wood. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. Free shipping for many products! Pablo Picasso, Madrid, red, 1930s. 1966 - HM S/M Auriga 1966 - HMS Ursa eHive is an innovative web-based system that will help you catalogue, organise and share your collection in a simple and secure way. 1966 - Lt Richard Kent HMS Llandaff. ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1962 - 1967 Served in HMS Ganges. Photograph: National Maritime Museum. Bill (Jock) Hewitt. dailyinfo[29]=' Oberleutnant zur See Axel Carl Ludwig VON SCHOENERMARCK S.M.S. His death could have been from any cause including accident, murder, suicide, illness etc. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. 1969 - HMY Comms Dept. NAVAL HOSPITAL,EXECUTIVE Officer's Quarters,Balboa Park,San Diego,CA,8 - $13.64. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. Picture Information. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. I joined Ganges on September 1st 1963 and lived in Benbow 28 Mess. Photographs of various aspects of HMS Ganges. HMS Ganges - The Place. HMS Ganges in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based training centre for recruits between 1905 and 1976. . LMEM Served from 1971 - 1978 Served in HMS Ganges. In 1857 flying the flag of Admiral Sir Robert Baynes as Flag Officer Pacific she became the last wooden wall line of sail Battleship to fly an Admirals Flag at sea. dailyinfo[27]=' 5778 Private William CUMMINGS 6th Bn. dailyinfo[4]=' Matrose Paul KURZKE Torpedoboot "G85" German Navy who died 04/03/1919 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Sign up for an eHive account to start cataloguing and sharing your collection online. Never had enough food..always hungry. On January 1, 1947 the British coal industry was nationalised and on March 15, 1947 the worst ever floods in England were recorded. Amateur radio. 27 Feb 2023 - I was devastated to learn that my old friend Mick Kester crossed the bar last Friday 24 February, apparently after suffering a heart attack.. Mick served in the Royal Navy for a total of 24 years, having joined in February 1958 as a Junior Seaman at HMS GANGES in Suffolk. A variety of photos from HMS GANGES the people, the place and ships we served on. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. I remember too well a suicide and several attempts plus those who went over the wall only to be rewarded on their apprehension with the cuts over a backless chair. 1966 - Commcen Lascaris Comms Staff. Description of PhotographThis is an 8x12 inch Reproduction Photograph made from a 354553862141 Two PTIs I do remember were Wally Beard & Jim Conroy, I met up with both of them in later years, had a few hairey run ashores with Jim. Laid down in Bombay Dockyard. ( 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. 1968 - Dining Hall Servery. Original - $11.39. 1969 - Dennis Alderson, Ted Palfrey, Gordon Laws founder members of the RNCCA. I think all ganges boys were definitely turned into men!!!! Steve. 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. 1967 - Ron Stickles. It intentionally ends at the time the Training Establishment first moved ashore. Bluecher German Navy who died 15/02/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' h4 {font-family: calibri; font-size: 17px; text-align:left; color: #000000;} 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! As he was undergoing training he was effectively on Active Service,ie embodied in a Unit,& as his death is presumably a training accident or similar his death would presumably be considered "War Related". Ganges was a waste of time & money, proved nothing. Still, I was close. Our DO was Lieutenant Commander James. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich and Shotley . View Gallery. The instructors were PO Joe Irskine and PO Nobby Clarke. It was also the year of the marriage of Princess Elizabeth, the abdication of Prince Michael of Rumania and Rumania becoming a People's Republic. Family ww1 research. The niceties of life gradually disappear: citrus fruit, olive oil, toilet paper. fell off the button :? This site uses cookies. HMS Ganges (1782) was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1782 and broken up in 1816. 1968 - HMS Mercury Daufman advert. i was there in 1964 -65, Collingwood 34 in short covered way Yes thats where we were! HMS Raleigh new entries, with instructor CY Pratt (May 1964) Find this Pin and more on Course/Class Photos by Grey Funnel Line (GFL). 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.