Middlesex Regiment who died 17/02/1917 REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT France ' Earlier recruitments had to sign on for 12 years. Sign up for a new account in our community. For the rest of the history, and to see some of the 10,000+ artefacts on show you will have to visit the museum.). 1967 - Pat Watterton. Sorry all, should have said Suffolk, not Essex. 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. h5 {font-family: calibri; font-size: 13px; text-align:left; color: #000000;} 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. instucters were PO Jock Barrie and Chief PO Noel Whitlock. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. dailyinfo[2]=' 8020 Serjeant Charles POOLE "C" Coy. HAD SOME GOOD TIMES THERE. She was the last sailing ship of the Navy to serve as a flagship. Good fun. dailyinfo[22]=' 25368 Quartermaster Serjeant Leonard Henry CADE Meritorious Service Medal 12th Coy. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. The wrongs I witnessed and was subjected to taught me how NOT to treat people. 1967 - David Burwood. dailyinfo[23]=' 9656 Private Isaac COOPER "A" Coy. All the pics bring back memories. In civvy street I became a qualified (CAA) aviation engineer and held many senior engineering appointments including Chief Engineer of HM Coastguard SAR Helicopter Service. 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. During the 1840s there were a number of engagements in the eastern Mediterranean whilst blockading the Syrian coast. Little did I know. 1968 - New Entry Messdeck. See photo for condition This is a original Late 1990's Full Length 304817895258 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. Was a backward fish and hated my time in the very cold swimming pool to gain my QS. 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. there were decent ppl at ganges sure, but the sado-nutter was there too and did not fit with the new 1960s generation. My father Stan Sydes was a Naval Instructor there on 3 occasions. 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!!! Ganges Museum is located at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, in what was the Enright Block, on the foreshore of the former H.M.S. LEFT THE NAVY 1994 AS A POMEM ,WORKING AS APOSTMAN NOW. Bluecher German Navy who died 15/02/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' sad its gone but would never had survived Human Right Brigade of today. HMS Ganges in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based training centre for recruits between 1905 and 1976. . I would love to walk through the main gate at Ganges again, before it falls apart completely. I reckon that I received my secondary education at Shotley, I joined Ganges 2 Sep 58 (Benbow 251 Tactical Operators). Happy days, tough but did us no harm in the long run. It was not the best place in the world to be as a 15 year old but my God it made men out It intentionally ends at the time the Training Establishment first moved ashore. 1968 - Mixing the Christmas Pudding. His service number indicates enlistment in 1920, so won't have been in the Navy for very long at all. 1968 - S/Lt Davies. 1966 - HM S/M Auriga You can still see the infamous mast that all entrants had to climb. Gerry Crease. I visited Ganges three years ago. His first ship was the destroyer HMS CARYSFOOT and he served in her in the Far East Fleet based in Singapore. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore 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. Was at Ganges 1960-61 Blake Div. Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France ' 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. Rifle Brigade who died 13/02/1916 MENIN ROAD SOUTH MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' 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 #footer {width:1100px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;border:0px solid #bbb; padding:6px; background-image: url("../../../media/webimages/cream.jpg"); } It brought back some fond memories and indeed some bad ones. His death could have been from any cause including accident, murder, suicide, illness etc. Great photographs bringing back lots of memories joined Ganges annex in November 1956 then Drake mess 232 class radio operators. She was the last sailing ship of the Navy to serve as a flagship, and was the second ship to bear the name. 1967 - Margaret Taylor. FOR SALE! My time at Ganges was a bit of a curates egg mostly the bad bit! HMS Ganges trained 160,000 boys between 1905 and 1976. dailyinfo[14]=' 15697 Private William SWINDELL 10th Bn. H.M.S. Later he would be signalman to Mountbatten and served on HMS Warspite, becoming CYS. 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. 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. Spent most of the time with Dave Orgacki if anyone remembers him great water polo player, Paul Martin, yes I remember you and Dave, spent my time a Ganges with you would love to make contact with you, in contact with a couple of the lads from 38 mess. !.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!!!! Ganges. Left to right: Ganges (ex- Minotaur ), Caroline, Ganges II (ex- Agincourt ). 1968 - RO Joseph Iche showing how to salute 1968 style. A variety of photos from HMS GANGES the people, the place and ships we served on. table.center {margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto; border-collapse:collapse; font-size: 13px; font-weight:bold; text-align: left;} She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. Ganges training establishment. Regardless of the strict training and discipline nobody seems to have nothing but good to say of the place. Meetings & Reunions. 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. I cant imagine what it would be like at the top of it. HMS GANGES Parents Day 1968 Brochure Always_a_Civvy Sep 15, 2006 A Always_a_Civvy ADC Sep 15, 2006 #1 This are some images from the 1968 Parents Day Brochure. #title {width:878px; margin:0px auto; border:0px solid #bbb; padding:10px; text align: center; background-image: url("../../../media/webimages/cream.jpg");} 5th Bde. I got out the Tilley and looked around thinking Its not a bad place by the look of it. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. I was a baby stoker in Grenville 1966/1967 86 recruitment, very sad to see these photographs, I am Scottish and always meant to visit the place again, great memories of a great time in my life, thanks for reminding me yet again, once a Ganges boy but still a ganges boy Thankyou. When entering your 'ships served on' do not use full stops, commas or anything else just start a new line after each ship. LEFT THERE TO JOIN HMS ARK ROYAL . 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. His service register is available online, does it mention his cause of death? Welcome to the HMS Ganges Association Website You need to be a fully paid up member of the HMS GANGES ASSOCIATION to join this website. 1968 - Setting up the Xbox. HMS Ganges is situated on the Shotley Peninsula in Suffolk. I JOINED UP SEPT 13TH 1970. Great days. dailyinfo[8]=' Ersatz-Reservist August KOOP 5./I.R.425 German Army who died 08/02/1919 ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' The "Ganges" 1901; about to become the Boys' Training-ship at Harwich. 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! Ganges in 1906. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) who died 14/02/1916 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Belgium ' That year over 1000 boys went down with Asian Flu. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. h6 {font-family: calibri; font-size: 17px; text-align:center; color: #000000;} I have no idea what my entry or class number was & is not recorded on my docs. Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' 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. 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. This includes gaining permissions, clearance, or rights to publish any content or images on eHive. 1968 - Sirius Comms Dept 1968. That is damn high. In Bootle I was starting my first year at the 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. Railways, Motorcycles, Computers, Target shooting. Ganges became obsolete, outdated, cold and institutionalised well before the 1960s. 92 Rec. dailyinfo[11]=' Seacunny ABDUR RAHMAN SIRAJUL HAQ S.S. MERTON HALL (Liverpool). 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. Rugby union. By creating an account you agree to us emailing you with newsletters and discounts, which you can switch off in your account at any time. 1966 - Graham Lloyd. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Was at Ganges on 12th Dec 2009 looking through the gates at history disapearing before my eyes that parade ground you could eat your dinner off it, now its covered in strubs trees etc,The last time we were there was 1966 drake 40 that was the hut next to the mast, that is now almost beyond repair. AGM Qld mini-reunion 2014. 1967 - HMS Naiad Comms Dept. 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 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. and Gen. Hos. 1968 - HMS Mercury Daufman advert. 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. 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