Any photo's, stories, or anyone looking for an Oppo is welcome. When entering your 'ships served on' do not use full stops, commas or anything else just start a new line after each ship. table.center {margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border-collapse:collapse; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold; text-align: center;} 1967 - 3/O Sally Skelton. 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. PRG 1373/3/13: The four masted iron barque 'Port Jackson', 2212 tons, under sail [iron 4 mast barque, 2212 tons, ON84362, 286.2 x 41.1 x 25.2. There was a Daylight Signal Lamp (DSL) on the end of the block If you have any images of the Ganges in its former glory please send to shotleypc@btinternet.com and we will add them to the site. It brought back some fond memories and indeed some bad ones. How right you are, your picture made me go weak at the knees, I only made it to the second yardarm and that was pure hell, I was there in 1967/68, discipline was hard but fair, all Ganges recruits were know as TROGS (training recruits of Ganges) and trained there for 10 months before moving onto specialist job training, in my case Hms Mercury communications branch training. Well Brian there has been a lot of water under the bridge since our Ganges days,but if I could do it all again I would,take care pal. 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!!! His death could have been from any cause including accident, murder, suicide, illness etc. which we used to read for instructions (You could actually stand below the light and Kings Royal Rifle Corps who died 02/03/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium '
Inst. Uit Wikikids < Gebruiker:Rots61 | StatistiekenGebruiker:Rots61 | Statistieken. Can't imagine that being allowed these days. I was never so fit, but wernt we always so hungry, does any one remember cake sandwiches on a Sunday, You used to put a slab of cake between two slices of bread to make more of it and to help fill you up. Grand Father served in Ganges as the Master at Arms. Before joining up I told the recruiting officer I couldnt swim a stroke. Part of her duties whilst in the Pacific was to survey Salt Spring Island where the principal town is still called Ganges. In Bootle I was starting my first year at the Ganges was a waste of time & money, proved nothing. dailyinfo[7]=' Major Surtees ATKINSON Military Cross Royal Field Artillery who died 07/02/1918 FULFORD CEMETERY United Kingdom '
1969 - CRS John Petchey. A friend of mine was there in the late 60's and he said it wasn't too bad then. Bob Garnam was the Petty Officer in charge of our hut along with Mechanician Grigsby (from Liverpool).
1966 - Graham Lloyd and Denzil Bell. dailyinfo[3]=' 45 Gunner HAZURA SINGH 31st Mountain Battery Indian Mountain Artillery who died 03/03/1920 TEHRAN MEMORIAL Iranm '
I see that in the heading Main Block, three of the shots are actually of the CPO/PO Your email address will not be published. 1966 - HMS Ursa Would not have missed it for the world!!!! Launched November 1821 and broken up 1930. Nigel, I joined 28 days before you. 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. HAD SOME GOOD TIMES THERE. Remember that only too well. This was by no means the first ship . As for the mast, well I did make it to the half moon but wouldnt push my luck.. I never realised that I looked so young! to alan garland, yes there was a big hospital at ganges, but little used when I was there, also the Annexe was once a quarantine place for contagious illnesses, like Tb or similar scare. HAWKE DIV . 1966 - HMS Victorious Cricket Team. It is now being developed. Use commas to separate multiple tags. After reading Terry Parkers letter, my hair stood on end. I passed out, but transfered to the Bootnecks(!!!) They were brilliant to us and always very fair. The last sail only warship built for the Royal Navy. Royal Air Force who died 24/02/1919 LINCOLN (NEWPORT) CEMETERY United Kingdom '
View Gallery. 5th Bde. I got out the Tilley and looked around thinking Its not a bad place by the look of it. Wally a priest- hard to see but knowing him as I did and what a comedian he was, yes anything was possible, Joined 5th September 1972 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. 1967 - HMS Forth Comms Mess. 1967 - HMS London Comms Dept. You are using an out of date browser. 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. kept quite a lot of the work done by us lads !. 1968 - HMS Llandaff Comms Dept. dailyinfo[24]=' Captain Denzil Robert THURSTON Air Force Cross Airship Training Wing (Cranwell). joined a cold Feb 65 Duncan 12.. still remember thinking what old salts the junior leaders were compared to us new boys ,(all of 16) but what power,I can still hear them bellowing out Eft (left) Iht (right) . I have it saved as a PDF file. there were decent ppl at ganges sure, but the sado-nutter was there too and did not fit with the new 1960s generation. 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. 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. Ganges moulded your character for life and prepared you to face anything the world threw at you. An old battery remains on the grounds of HMS Ganges. I joined Ganges 6 Feb 1961 for entry into the Fleet Air Arm as a mechanic. I used to have a heap of photos from our Ganges days but most were lost when I moved from one place to the next. Great days. #wrapper {width:900px; margin:0px auto; border:0px solid #bbb; padding:10px; } Was a backward fish and hated my time in the very cold swimming pool to gain my QS. come down the rope upside down to the beat of the drum,Assault course team, athletics,cross country, ganges rugby team 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. 1968 - Staff of STANAVFORLANT. Slops are available from the following outlets. Coy. 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!!!! 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. Citrus fruit and mangoes are the principal fruits under consideration. I was in Blake Division and remember some names, Ross Allen and Nigel Smith. 4th Bn. If that doesnt sound too bad, the wind on the ground was ferocious when I visited. STEWARD Served from 1973 - 1978 Served in HMS Ganges. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and 'signed on' for 12 years. She was the last sailing ship of the Navy to serve as a flagship, and was the second ship to bear the name. #header {width:878px; margin:0px auto; border:0px solid #bbb; padding:10px; text align: center; } 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. For the rest of the history, and to see some of the 10,000+ artefacts on show you will have to visit the museum.) 30 Recruitment. I really only started to enjoy life when actually in the Fleet Air Arm. FOR SALE! Pablo Picasso, Madrid, red, 1930s. Chutbert. Meetings & Reunions. 6 Reserve Lorry Park Royal Air Force who died 28/02/1919 BELGRADE CEMETERY Belgium '
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. $7.20 + $14.89 shipping. 1968 HMS Nubian Commissioning Parade with Vin 'Shiner' Wright. dailyinfo[8]=' Ersatz-Reservist August KOOP 5./I.R.425 German Army who died 08/02/1919 ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium '
Throughout a life in management, I proved that over and over again and dont ask anything of anyone you would not do yourself. Chinese Labour Corps who died 20/02/1918 ST. ETIENNE-AU-MONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY France '
Ladder Display Ancestry Windows History Photograph of the Window Ladder Display at HMS Ganges; photographer : Fisk, R A, Mr; SHHMG:A1258 Some progressed to undertake their trade training there as well. 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. PTI Tug Wilson ( giant of a man) put you everything. On entry, these boys were 15 years of age. General Photographs 1966 to 1969 Lived in Hut 24, Anson division at the bottom of the Long Covered Way. There are two of these towers on site, both of which have been converted to water towers. 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. HMS Ganges Museum Name/Title Photographs of various aspects of HMS Ganges About this object Photographs of various ceremonial aspects of HMS Ganges, including mast manning, in a Pictorial Tribute leaflet from Bernards of Harwich who were Naval tailors. HMS Ganges is situated on the Shotley Peninsula in Suffolk. Two instructors were Ch, ME Rusty Steele and Chief Mech Dinger Bell, great guys. 5 October 2020. 1967 - David Erwin. Bernards of Harwich who were Naval tailors. His first ship was the destroyer HMS CARYSFOOT and he served in her in the Far East Fleet based in Singapore. Thank you Ganges for all the memories. 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. ex Radio Supervisor Barrie Norman 1956 - 1972. Earlier recruitments had to sign on for 12 years. 1968 - RS EJ Emberton. Time to learn some nautical signals. Find Portrait 60s stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. If interested in obtaining a copy of the PDF version please PM me with your email address. 1968 - FO2FEF Staff. 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. During the 1840s there were a number of engagements in the eastern Mediterranean whilst blockading the Syrian coast. Royal Army Medical Corps who died 22/02/1919 NUNHEAD (ALL SAINTS) CEMETERY United Kingdom '
How many do you still remember. 1968 February - HMS Sea Eagle Comms Dept. I had passed for PO but eager to begin a new life in Civvy Street left before promotion came through.
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HMS Ganges 'He had the misfortune to be placed under the care of two particularly brutal and drunken instructors whose continual bullying and abuse proved too much for this emerging free spirit ' His early life was hard by any standards. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. Worked internationally for many years. These photos show the current state of the Ganges. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. was a backward swimmer and marched from the annexe to the pool every morning and evening. 1966 - Graham Lloyd. Hope you are keeping well, and I would love to walk through those gates with you again. Picture Information. ( 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. View Gallery. var dailyinfo= new Array(31)
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. var daym=mydate.getDate()
To join the Association complete FORM Aand FORM B. It was not the best place in the world to be as a 15 year old but my God it made men out Our instructor was POMEM Flack. How interesting to read all the comments. 1968 Vin 'Shiner' Wright HMS Nubian. It closed in 1998 or something. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. Joined May 24th, 1966, 84 recruitment, was in Keppel 1 mess,received the cuts twice,very painful,used to sit on the button as often as I could what views, of all the time spent in the mob and places visited Ganges still holds the fondest memories,I later served on HMS Zest @ Euryalus, Joined Ganges October 25 1965 Collingwood 44 Mess. I can still see faces in my mind but cant put names to them. I think my most strident memory was sitting in the Gymnasium in late December 1971 with all the other nozzers staring up at the Kipling poem and waiting for the bus to take me to Ipswich railway station for the trip home for Christmas. 1966 - David Davis. 1967 - RN Unit Tangmere. (Click on an image to enlarge it and reveal any further information held.). All the Best mate. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. 1969 - Dr David Owen. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Ganges and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. if (year < 1000) year+=1900
I remember a mate from the baby stoker side of the mess, Chris (Taff) Evens from Hastings and there was another Kerr, another baby stoker from Liverpool I think. 1969 - Presentation. Was there in 1989 course 3/89. Discipline was reported to have been a little over zealous at times. It closed in 1998 or something. funny enough during 12 years never saw anyone from our class. A real shame to see the site in such a bad state, especially knowing how it used to be The eHive Account Holder is responsible for the content on this page. i was there in 1964 -65, Collingwood 34 in short covered way Yes thats where we were! (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. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. I reckon that I received my secondary education at Shotley, I joined Ganges 2 Sep 58 (Benbow 251 Tactical Operators). Can you tell me how I get online for his service register. 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 . 1967 - HMS Forth Comms Mess. Ganges was one of the ships chosen, and she was moored just down from a small dockyard at Mylor, where the marina is now. 1967 - David Axford. 1966 - RO Chappell. I cant imagine what it would be like at the top of it. 1969 - HMS Fife Golly team. 29 recruitment Duncan 11 mess 1960 to 1961. 1967 - HMS Eagle Comms Staff. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Ganges.