dailyinfo[17]=' Second Lieutenant George Ernest VINCENT Distinguished Conduct Medal 9th Bn. There was a lightning conductor on top to grip with ones knees. Rich. 1968 - Version of the Playstation. She had her keel scraped and the Boys were transferred to either HMS Lion or HMS Impregnable.Fourteen days later she moved, partly under sail, and in the company of HMS Arrogant, to Sheerness. ABLE SEAMAN Served from 1962 - 1967 Served in HMS Ganges. I havent seen Ganges as it has now become and glad I havent. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. For further information see our copyright claims page. I dont know too much about it, but it did have fantastic bricks inside. 1968 - Going on leave. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. 1966 - Commcen Lascaris Comms Staff. It intentionally ends at the time the Training Establishment first moved ashore. UK is lost. 1967 - Margaret Richardson. There was a Daylight Signal Lamp (DSL) on the end of the block I intend to visit the museum the next time I am in Suffolk. It seems they were ok as long as they landed on their heads!If not the got Trooped for Leaving Gash on the ground! (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. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died 14/02/1916 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' At the age of 18 they were advanced to Ordinary Seaman (the rank at which adult Seaman recruits would enlist). Raymond Marvell. Brilliant guy. ITS SAD TO SEE THE PICTURES OF GANGES NOW. table.center {margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border-collapse:collapse; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold; text-align: left;} dailyinfo[8]=' Ersatz-Reservist August KOOP 5./I.R.425 German Army who died 08/02/1919 ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' It was over near Faith, Hope & Charity. 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. Was a backward fish and hated my time in the very cold swimming pool to gain my QS. I always thought that Ganges lads went to the fleet with a better understanding of the RN. Great photographs bringing back lots of memories joined Ganges annex in November 1956 then Drake mess 232 class radio operators. Original - $11.39. Ganges moulded your character for life and prepared you to face anything the world threw at you. Mastering all the usages of 'flag captain' from sentence examples published by news publications. 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 . For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. Include tags such as place names, people, dates, events and colours. These photos show the current state of the Ganges. come down the rope upside down to the beat of the drum,Assault course team, athletics,cross country, ganges rugby team Joined ganges september 1964 (giant recruitment) h3 {font-family: calibri; font-size: 20px; text-align:center; color: #000000;} I never realised that I looked so young! 1967 - HMS London. ex Radio Supervisor Barrie Norman 1956 - 1972. Thank you Ganges for all the memories. A variety of photos from HMS GANGES the people, the place and ships we served on. She was later sold to a News of the World journalist. fell off the button :? Royal Scots who died 16/02/1919 ARBROATH EASTERN CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Patrick H23 October , 2005 in Sailors, navies and the war at sea. dailyinfo[14]=' 15697 Private William SWINDELL 10th Bn. Yes he is listed on the CWGC site and he has a CWGC headstone in Lambourne Churchyard. H.M.S. Note the number alongside the photo and then click 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!!!! Yes we had to go up the mast, our class did two mannings for Royal Visits (Parents day) To join the Association complete FORM Aand FORM B. I can still see faces in my mind but cant put names to them. 'flag captain' in a sentence. Amateur radio. She was the last sailing ship of the Navy to serve as a flagship. 1967 - HMS London Comms Dept. 1967 - Ron Stickles. Ganges, also known as Shotley Training Establishment, was a boys' training establishment at Shotley, Harwich. Good fun. Ganges was a waste of time & money, proved nothing. Browse 30 hms ganges stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Sorry to see the government has let it go to rack and ruin, so sad. It really is sad to see the place just left to rot. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. 1967 - David Burwood. 1966 - David Davis. My worst and best memories were of the pool. Find Portrait 60s stock photos and editorial news pictures from Getty Images. var mydate=new Date() if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } Time to learn some nautical signals. Grand Father served in Ganges as the Master at Arms. #header {width:878px; margin:0px auto; border:0px solid #bbb; padding:10px; text align: center; } 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore During the 1840s there were a number of engagements in the eastern Mediterranean whilst blockading the Syrian coast. Ganges was one of the ships chosen, and she was moored just down from a small dockyard at Mylor, where the marina is now. Always remembered my Ships Book No 6666. Left to right: Ganges (ex- Minotaur ), Caroline, Ganges II (ex- Agincourt ). Chutbert. I joined Ganges in 1964 P/086362. Joined Ganges Jan 1951 from St.Vincent to be a Signal Boy. There was indeed a hospital at Ganges. Slops are available from the following outlets. On entry, these boys were 15 years of age. started off in the annexe in dreadnought mess and ironicly my last sub before leaving mob was dreadnouht, Fess, Thank you for your response to my comment. An old battery remains on the grounds of HMS Ganges. At the start of 2006 the site was subject to a controversial planning war some developers want to build a ton of homes etc on the site, but locals dont want that. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 30 September 1909 - Launch of HMS Neptune was a dreadnought battleship HMS Neptune was a dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the sole ship of her class. Remember being woken up by 2 binlids being banged together and having to shave?? Can you tell me how I get online for his service register. Nelly Nelson, I called him Admiral, he called me Captain, a Comms rating my best mate, we used to climb the mast and have a fag at weekends, if we had one, who I later served on the Diana with, Hygiene Howell, the Moir twins, Jeff Manning, and a lad called Mannion who dissappeared one day, we were told he had commited suicide (Ganges did that to some lads), Phil Tarrant, Londoner, who never ceased to make me laugh Aide Hibbert nuff said, well thats about it, except does anyone remember the chocolate bar machine in the Long Covered way, it used to spew out its bars with a little fiddling, used to pay for my fags. June 1962 Feb 1963, I managed to change branches with my father help (he wanted me to have a trade, thanks Dad), (who is no longer with us) to EM and left Ganges early to start training at HMS Collingwood I was still 15 when I got to Collingwood, and I even got my fag stamps under age. I have a great picture of me presenting flowers to the Captains wife, Mrs Ash during some boating escapade on the river. However, if this lad was at a training establishment and not on active service how is it that he has a CWGC gravetsone ? 1966 - HMS Sirius Communications Department Thus began the training of Boys for the Royal Navy on HMS Ganges on the East Coast.With the arrival of HMS Ganges off the Suffolk coast work started on constructing the shore Establishment with the first buildings being Temporary Sick Quarters. View Gallery. 1966 - RO Iddon. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. Was at Ganges 1960-61 Blake Div. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. 5th Bde. JavaScript is disabled. Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' I cant find out exactly how high it is various websites say its between 130 and 150ft high. Went back again in 1976 just after the flag was lowered for the last time, place still intact at that point, gates locked with security staff on duty. HMS Ganges Days. Hardest six weeks ever but set my standards of life.Will never forget how proud we were when we passed out of there. read by the sound it made especially when it was raining !) document.write; 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. On January 1, 1947 the British coal industry was nationalised and on March 15, 1947 the worst ever floods in England were recorded. Middlesex Regiment who died 25/02/1921 LADYWELL CEMETERY United Kingdom ' I cant imagine what it would be like at the top of it. Old Sweats 1.1k Location:Hampshire Interests:WW1, especially submariners; 20th century police. I know many bodies were stowed in the laundry at laundry hill, due to a sinking or collision in the drink near by. Those were the days, carefree and know responsibilities, thanks for bringing back the memories. I would love to walk through the main gate at Ganges again, before it falls apart completely. I remember manning the gates at weekends and then off down to the Marina to drink the night away before back back on camp for breakfast. On 4th October 1905 the new Barracks The Royal Navy Training Establishment, Shotley was commissioned. Pages of photographs included in this entry. var daym=mydate.getDate() 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. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. dailyinfo[4]=' Matrose Paul KURZKE Torpedoboot "G85" German Navy who died 04/03/1919 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. to think of the days we had to climb that (by order) HSE would have a fit today. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. For those of you ex TROGs out there that have not done it already have a look at Google street view, not a pretty sight. This was by no means the first ship . 1967 - HMS Hermes, Daniel Costello. Ganges museum, Shotley marina, Suffolk, England, UK. dailyinfo[3]=' 45 Gunner HAZURA SINGH 31st Mountain Battery Indian Mountain Artillery who died 03/03/1920 TEHRAN MEMORIAL Iranm ' dailyinfo[19]=' Lieutenant Colonel Harry LA TROBE CAMPBELL Distinguished Service Order, Territorial Decoration, Three times Mentioned in Despatches Royal Engineers who died 19/02/1919 BRISTOL (CANFORD) CEMETERY United Kingdom ' 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.