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eHive is an innovative web-based system that will help you catalogue, organise and share your collection in a simple and secure way. Left May 1952 joined HMS Indomitable. People work better for you if they have your respect, not fear and are treated fairly. I was there in 1961 for training as a wireless operator, done me the world of good and can look back with good memories. 1967 - Singapore Jan 1967. 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 . 503 were here. 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. dailyinfo[26]=' Chaplain 4th Class The Rev. Leinster Regiment who died 27/02/1918 JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) ' There is some excellent footage of Ganges, albeit WWII era in one of Roland Smith's splendid Episodes of the Royal Navy videos (Part 3, Close up for action stations). The "Ganges" 1901; about to become the Boys' Training-ship at Harwich. Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom ' At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and 'signed on' for 12 years. #wrapper {width:900px; margin:0px auto; border:0px solid #bbb; padding:10px; } 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. Two instructors were Ch, ME Rusty Steele and Chief Mech Dinger Bell, great guys. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died 14/02/1916 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' Still scary though. Visited HMS Ganges site in November 2009. Some progressed to undertake their trade training there as well. I joined Ganges May 5th 1953 .I remember the PTIs It's amazing nobody (or very few?) 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. IMAGES FROM THE 1960's H.M.S. 92 Rec. Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' I have no idea what my entry or class number was & is not recorded on my docs. I was reasonably good at all sports and got out of a few dirty jobs. 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". Indian Merchant Service who died 11/02/1918 BOMBAY 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, MUMBAI India ' fell off the button :? 1969 - Dr David Owen. (Salonika) Territorial Force Nursing Service who died 01/03/1918 KNOWLE (SS. 1969 - Dennis Alderson, Ted Palfrey, Gordon Laws founder members of the RNCCA. 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. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. 1967 - Singapore. Inst. See photo for condition This is a original Late 1990's Full Length 304817895258 1969 - Presentation. In 1779 HMS Ganges came into service before becoming a shore training establishment for boy entrants into the Royal Navy in 1905. TAKE CARE. So sad to see it derelict but I guess the history still very much remains. My time at Ganges was a bit of a curates egg mostly the bad bit! HMS Ganges was an 84-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 November 1821 at Bombay Dockyard, [1] constructed from teak. 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. !.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!!!! For the rest of the history, and to see some of the 10,000+ artefacts on show you will have to visit the museum.) I gradually came to realize that while I saw the RN as an institutionalised lifestyle I actually loved being at sea. Our instructor was POMEM Flack. 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. dailyinfo[20]=' 11634 Labourer YANG FU CHING 11th Coy. It has been always presumed that these ships were the way of the Company saying thank-you for keeping the sea-lanes open but may well also have been a way of paying their taxes and dues.HMS Ganges took part in a number of actions at sea during her lifetime including her involvement against the Danes as part of Admiral Lord Nelsons fleet. Kings Royal Rifle Corps who died 02/03/1915 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' William (Robbie) Roberts. She was finally broken up in 1816 after 34 years of service. 1966 - Graham Lloyd and Denzil Bell. 1966 - Commcen Lascaris Comms Staff. H.M.S. 1967 - HMS London Comms Dept. 1966 - HMS Victorious Cricket Team. //-->, By On November 11th, with 500 Boys on board she was move to Harwich in convoy with HMS Hearty. Ganges moulded your character for life and prepared you to face anything the world threw at you. var daym=mydate.getDate() What a turn of fate. Photographs of various ceremonial aspects of HMS Ganges, 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! including mast manning, in a Pictorial Tribute leaflet from !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. If interested in obtaining a copy of the PDF version please PM me with your email address. Was there in 1989 course 3/89. 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! Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Ganges. [1] 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. I joined Ganges in 1962. All the pics bring back memories. 1968 - Ready for Rounds. It was over near Faith, Hope & Charity. These photos show the current state of the Ganges. I intend to visit the museum the next time I am in Suffolk. 6 Reserve Lorry Park Royal Air Force who died 28/02/1919 BELGRADE CEMETERY Belgium ' Grand Father served in Ganges as the Master at Arms. The cause of death and location of death is irrelevant in such circumstances. 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. Photograph of the Window Ladder Display at HMS Ganges; photographer : Fisk, R A, Mr; SHHMG:A1258, the officers of HMS Ganges in June 1960.; SHHMG:A2168, photograph of HMS Ganges Ship's Company 1945-1946.; SHHMG:A1716, HMS Ganges (Royal Navy Training Establishment), HMS Ganges, a 2nd Rate, 84 gun Man of War. There are two of these towers on site, both of which have been converted to water towers. 1966 - Comms Dept night out Gib. Junior Seaman 1st Class. 433 sentences with 'flag captain'. 1969 - Lt Ash (aged 95). I do plan to go down to Ganges, probably next spring, for one last look. This includes gaining permissions, clearance, or rights to publish any content or images on eHive. 30 Recruitment. there were decent ppl at ganges sure, but the sado-nutter was there too and did not fit with the new 1960s generation. I saw him for the last time in 1982 when I was a Leading Regulator at the MACCO in HMS Nelson and Mr Flack was leaving the RN. Can't imagine that being allowed these days. 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 1966 - Les Parsons. 1966 - Geoff Cook. Stay well old friend, and you never know, one day we just may bump into one another. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Ganges. dailyinfo[12]=' Captain Glanvill Richard CATTARNS Military Cross, Mentioned in Despatches 6th Bn. I passed out, but transfered to the Bootnecks(!!!) Only a crown for the button boy!He should have been goven a bloody knighthood! It closed in 1998 or something. RE WILLIE SHAWS LETTER I JOINED JULY 66 RECRUITMENT 86 IS THE TINY YOU REMEMBER A SCOTS LAD CALLED TINY GILCHREST FROM EDINBRUGH I SAW HIM LAST YEAR LIVES IN ROSYTH NOW IM STILL IN TOUCH WITH A LAD WHO WAS IN THE NEXT INTAKE TO MINE 43 YEARS ON, I joined november 1967 Anson Div like many on here I have so many fond memories, so sad to see the way it is being left to decay, looking at the pictures I can still see myself there, good to see so many nice comments, anyone from 98 Rec drop me a line. Ships - In which we served. A friend of mine was there in the late 60's and he said it wasn't too bad then. ( 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 - Dave Coffin. They were brilliant to us and always very fair. 1968 - HMS Mercury Daufman advert. This site uses cookies. 1968 HMS Nubian Commissioning Parade with Vin 'Shiner' Wright. FOR SALE! I now live in France and still dont like swimming! come down the rope upside down to the beat of the drum,Assault course team, athletics,cross country, ganges rugby team I had been warned what to expect, my father was a Petty Officer who had joined the Royal Navy in 1942 and was still serving aboard HMS Hermes, the day I joined, I was 15 years and 10 weeks old exactly. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. dailyinfo[30]=' B/469 Worker Charles BARLOW Australian Munition Worker who died 30/01/1918 NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Can anyone tell me anythimg about the HMS Ganges. For the rest of the history, and to see some of the 10,000+ artefacts on show you will have to visit the museum.). During the 1840s there were a number of engagements in the eastern Mediterranean whilst blockading the Syrian coast. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. Patrick H23 October , 2005 in Sailors, navies and the war at sea. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. 2OTH RECURITMENT. 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. 1967 - David Axford. All in all Im glad that I did it and proud to call myself an ex- TROG, Terry Wogan eat your heart out, youve no idea mate. Review of HMS Ganges Museum Reviewed 27 August 2018 Great days. 1968 Vin 'Shiner' Wright HMS Nubian. It intentionally ends at the time the Training Establishment first moved ashore. 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. 1966 - Graham Lloyd. face book me. 1967 - Singapore Jan 1967. 'flag captain' in a sentence. Brilliant way to start growing up [!]. Ladder Display Ancestry Windows History Photograph of the Window Ladder Display at HMS Ganges; photographer : Fisk, R A, Mr; SHHMG:A1258 If that doesnt sound too bad, the wind on the ground was ferocious when I visited. I will live with the great memories of having had such a great time there, with such great people. . This was by no means the first ship . An old battery remains on the grounds of HMS Ganges. !,turned out l had dislocated my kneecap! View Gallery. JavaScript is disabled. (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. Class 291. I never realised that I looked so young! View Gallery. 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. It was not the best place in the world to be as a 15 year old but my God it made men out Its so sad to see how it is now. dailyinfo[16]=' 26810 Corporal James PETERS Mentioned in Despatches 13th Bn. Cant say I enjoyed my time there very much except when involved in technical studies, workshops and working on the aircraft located near the assault course. 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. 1966 - RO Iddon. You can still see the infamous mast that all entrants had to climb. Steve. Hms ganges hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy Hms ganges Stock Photos and Images (117) See hms ganges stock video clips Quick filters: Black & white hms ganges shotley RM CXG428 - Derelict entrance to HMS Ganges Shotley Gate, Suffolk, England RF AXTCC0 - HMS Ganges mast,suffolk, england 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. Sorry to see the government has let it go to rack and ruin, so sad. Would not have missed it for the world!!!! We may have some mutual memories? Click to enlarge . #header {width:878px; margin:0px auto; border:0px solid #bbb; padding:10px; text align: center; } Uit Wikikids < Gebruiker:Rots61 | StatistiekenGebruiker:Rots61 | Statistieken. Your email address will not be published. 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