Middlesex Regiment who died 17/02/1917 REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT France ' Royal Navy K15145 Stoker HMS Pembroke, HMS Cadmus, HMS Conquest, HMS St George. HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1694 and captured by the French in 1709. HMS CERES was the Supply and Secretariat training at Wetherby, Yorkshire between 1944 and 1958. G. Rand. RNAS Stretton, Cheshire, Warrington, Lancs. 4th Bn. HMS Actaeon was the name of the Torpedo training school at Sherness. Re: Pembroke - Ship sunk ww2 by German U boats? He Served on the Pembroke 2 in 1929 - 1933 and Greenwich (Shark) & Cumberland. dailyinfo[15]=' Fregattenkapitaen Alexander ERDMANN S.M.S. He was a Ldg.Sig. Commissioned as HMS BLACKCAP 1 June . In 2003 the Universities of Greenwich and Kent acquired the Drill Shed and adjacent buildings as part of their shared campus development. At 9.30 p.m., fiveGotha G.V. APOLLO [LOOKOUT]; APOLLO was a Depot Ship for the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at Devonport 1/9/17-1919. he was living in the barracks and borne on the books of the Chatham Pay Office. Dave Jefferson, there in 1957/8, tells me Anson block housed seaman andGrenville held electricians, including him,undergoing Part 2 training in the Electrical School which was housedbehind the Main Gate Block. Today the buildings are part of the University of Greenwich, Medway Campus. training at Chatham (HMS Pembroke) in 1939, I am led to believe. He was then interred at Marlag U Milag POW camp prisoner no. View Basket. At one time I had a job carrying out radio modifications to these so called dead ships. Royal Horse Artillery who died 21/02/1917 GUARDS CEMETERY, COMBLES France ' Entrained from Oak Lake, Man. dailyinfo[28]=' 19673 Leading Aircraftman Samuel Ambrose TICKNER Meritorious Service Medal No. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Pembroke. Chatham was one of the three main Royal Navy dockyards in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Whatever, we wore had to look pusser when running the gauntlet of the main gate. and the camp (Marlag U Milag ) Stamp. dailyinfo[13]=' S/8943 Rifleman John William BENTLEY 3rd Bn. - this site is very interesting thank you. THE VOYAGES OF HMS CHATHAM 1915-1924 TENEDOS; ex-TRIUMPH, 1870 Pre-Dreadnought Battleship converted to Depot Ship 1906. Above: Seaman Thomas Ginn and his headstone in Woodlands Cemetery. Passing through the former HMS Pembroke, Chatham's Edwardian naval barracks (now the Medway Campus of the Universities of Greenwich and Kent), the trail connects the Dockyard with eighteenth century defences and their Field of Fire - now open parkland. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Pembroke and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. Pj. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } Later that year, she was re-named HMS 'Duke of Wellington . As far as the Photos. What Ialso remember is the outside lower walls of that block had a red paint/wash that permanently stained anythingit came into contact with. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. - HMS Pembroke during the Second World War -. A memorial commemorating the Chatham air raid is situated in the Woodlands Cemetery. Bob was a Fitter and Turner by trade; could he have permanently posted on shore bases to ply his trade on-site? When the Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, the regional operational commander appointment, was discontinued in March 1961, the barracks were being used as an accommodation centre for the re-fitting crews of the dockyard. Channel Squadron. "@Fez174 That was HMS PEMBROKE in Chatham, we were the last writers branch to train there " Chatham returned to being a fleet base. It brings to life all the scraps of information I already have. I carried one sailor to the sick bay who was riddled with shrapnel and had no clothes left on him. I believe that this was a RN Barracks. Another casualty of the air raid was Stoker 1stClass Frederick Isaac Diver, born in July 1888. This suffix system later applied to satellite shore establishments. 5th Bde. After completing basic training on board the HMS. It is now almost certain that Walter was involved with Torpedoes. It was a place where we came across old shipmates and those back from foreign lands talking about places we had never been. Joseph Gerrard Poland HMS Eaglet, Sig. On 17th July 1940 I joined HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, a naval training establishment in Lincolnshire, for training as a signalman. Gordon. [1] Another RNAS pilot trained at WH Evans at Hendon he was sent to the Central Flying School Upavon and being in the reserve was appointed to HMS Pembroke, the Naval barracks, Chatham April 1914 for advanced course of instruction at the Isle of Gran Naval Air School with two other officers. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Chatham, Sto. Leinster Regiment who died 27/02/1918 JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) ' "History of Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham" (PDF). At first it was too big so I hope you can read it. Died 1960. RM 2M3JT7R - Re-launch of HMS 'Windsor Castle', 140 Gun First rate warship, on 14th September 1852 at Pembroke Dockyard. This was the main gate, which I first passed through in October 1976 . Enlisted RN HMS Pembroke Chatham 21/11/14. The building was being used as an overflow barracks for around 900 naval ratings when it was hit by two bombs dropped by German Gotha bombers. Frank Harrison EDINGER Army Chaplains Department who died 26/02/1918 HOLLYBROOK MEMORIAL, SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom ' This 4 mile circular trail starts from The Historic Dockyard Chatham in Kent (UK), the world's most complete dockyard of the age of sail. St George and Blenheim but he was on the Undaunted on the first day of the war. Sarah Mason. Administration of the naval depot/barracks. if (month<10) month="0"+month Soon after, thePresident IIIstruck an iceberg and subsequently, some rocks at Cape Race. dailyinfo[3]=' 45 Gunner HAZURA SINGH 31st Mountain Battery Indian Mountain Artillery who died 03/03/1920 TEHRAN MEMORIAL Iranm ' For the most of the 1930s, she served off China with the 5th Cruiser Squadron. There is an underground bunker complex within the former HMS Pembroke and Naval base. Above: Seaman Alexander Kennedy. And wasn't pembroke 11 hit by a shell killing many ? From tomorrow (Thursday) until Tuesday, the Medway Archives Centre in Bryant Road, Strood, will be running the exhibition featuring HMS Pembroke buildings in Chatham. "We created a DVD to commemorate 100 years in 2017 since the Drill Shed bombing of 1917 to show what happened on that night.". It is now used by the University of Greenwich. Following on from that event, it was agreed that the Universities and the RNA together would create a film to capture the vital part of local history and the commemorative event itself. Enlisted RN HMS Fisgard Portsmouth 21/11/14. HMS Pembroke II Chatham Remembered Today: Burgher Joachim Willem Zacharias VAN DER WESTHUIZEN Jagersfontein Commando Mounted Commandos, S.A. When the auto-complete results are available, use the up and down arrows to review and Enter to select. It seems very strange when you find other peoples' relations on the same ships. The back of the photo has his POW no. Stoker1. Alfred Francis Rockall HMS Pembroke (d.18th Oct 1945), Sig. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small 1st of September 2022 marks 23 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. HMS Pembroke II - accounting base at Chatham between 1940 and 1957. Part 2 training, HMS Pembroke, Chatham, 1970. For the four months that he was under training as an Engine Room Artificer at Chatham (before being discharged invalided). On the order Roman Catholics fall in, they in turn had also finished and doubled back How did they find their rightful places amongst the other 1500still on parade? Hello, I am currently researching my grandfather's WW1 service and would appreciate trying to clear up a few things. dailyinfo[20]=' 11634 Labourer YANG FU CHING 11th Coy. Royal Field Artillery who died 10/02/1917 DOIRAN MEMORIAL Greece ' dailyinfo[5]=' 12147 Private Harry COOK 8th Bn. An attractive piazza-style area with outdoor seating is ideal for events. Square bashing, route. The men asleep or resting inside had little chance of survival, those that were not injured from the explosion were cut to pieces by the falling pieces of glass from the roof. HMS Actaeon 17th August 1907. This is a list of shore establishments (or "stone frigates") of the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve. HMS Pembroke IV was an accounting base at the Nore from 1939 to 1961. A large number of these experienced RFR men are on the 'RN Memorial' at Chatham. His Son William Shotton Wilson JNR also served in the Royal Navy, he was born in 1934. Tea caddy spoons with HMS Pembroke on the handle and framed pictures of Nelson. It was a sad spectacle in the moonlight officers and men carrying the dead bodies of comrades into buildings which had been transformed into a mortuary and the seriously wounded cases into motor ambulances which sped to the hospital - flying glass and falling debris accounting for many of the casualties. If it was incidental music we knew that someone, somewhere was doing the inspection. "Drill Hall: History of Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham", "The Historic Dockyard, Chatham Conservation Management Plan: 4th Edition", "Private Papers of Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Thistleton-Smith KBE CB GM", Information about the memorial to the victims of the Drill Shed Bombing, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_Naval_Barracks,_Chatham&oldid=1133401639, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Captain Ernest Rice: July 1891 July 1893, Captain Swinton C. Holland: July 1893 July 1896, Captain Robert F. Hammick: July 1896 October 1898, Captain Angus Macleod: October 1898 May 1901, Captain Reginald C. Prothero: May 1901 October 1902, Captain Lewis E. Wintz: October 1902 July 1904, Commodore Frederick G.Stopford: July 1904 May 1907, Commodore Seymour E. Erskine: August 1911 April 1913, Rear-Admiral Seymour E.Erskine: August 1915 July 1918, Commodore Louis C.S.Woollcombe: June 1921 May 1922, Commodore Eric J.A.Fullerton: November 1923 December 1925, Commodore Geoffrey Hopwood: December 1925 December 1927, Commodore Hugh S. Shipway: December 1927 November 1929, Commodore John A.S. Eccles: February 1948 October 1949, Commodore Peter L. Collard: November 1953 November 1955, Commodore Hugh C.B. 6 Reserve Lorry Park Royal Air Force who died 28/02/1919 BELGRADE CEMETERY Belgium ' The droning of its engine, however, was distinctly heard. There were 10 probable RFR casualties - There was an entrance from the Dockyard and one in HMS Pembroke which was located in one of the three casement like stores which had WWII air raid shelters built onto the outer, these were on the rear terrace road.The tunnels were very long and well illuminated. [2], In 1957, the barracks and gunnery school were closed due to the local port divisions being replaced; however in 1959 the barracks re-opened as the Royal Naval Supply School, who trained staff in supply and secretarial work. Above: The Pension card also details the death of his brother just two days later. The location of the ship is 28 miles East south east off Spurn Point. Hi Charles Thanks for your help I attached a typed version of the service record in my reply to Arabis. After which Chatham became home to the reserve, or standby fleet. ROYAL OAK; 1892 Pre-Dreadnought Battleship [15,585 tons]. and Gen. Hos. My Father, Stanley Dansey served on HMS Royal Arthur in December 45 through to the end of January 46. Today. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. If you have mande it into a word file, you can copy and paste it into a post. The Drill Shed and Canteen were being used by the Dockyard. To RNZN 10.20. My Grandfather was Stephen Morris a Stoker and would have been 34 when he joined Undaunted. A new permanent shore base the Royal Naval barracks were purpose-built to provide accommodation and training facilities for the men of the reserve fleet who were waiting to be appointed to ships. The gallery will depict the journey of HMS Pembroke and its shore establishments from when it was first constructed in 1902 to its modern day use as a library. Above: the Pension Card for Albert Cluett. Records of HMS Pembroke from other sources. In time it would be our turn to emulate them. Secondly, an outbreak of 'spotted fever' (epidemic cerebro-spinalmeningitis) in the barracks meant that the sleeping accommodation had to be increased in an effort to avoid further infection. The drill shed was as stated a place where drilling could still be carried out in inclement weather. Other than the R.Cs the remainder stood fast and enjoyed the Chaplains service. PEMBROKE had at least eight different nominal ships over the years, including the original PEMBROKE (1812). 3rd Bn. Pembroke HMS 1914. Someone on here will knowand I'll just apologise lol, My wife's gt grandfather served on a couple of those ships as a stoker too. Although the barracks closed in 1984, they still exist and have a new life as part of a university campus and still look in fine condition: Can anyone tell me if there is a photograph or portrait of Colonel Sir Henry Pilkington who designed the Barracks at Chatham (also the docks at Simonstown, South Africa). See more ideas about naval, royal navy, service women. The gathering up of the dismembered limbs turned one sick.It was a terrible affair and the old sailors, who had been in several battles, said they would rather be in ten Jutlands or Heliogolands than go through another raid such as this.". 1. From Feb 1907 as Flagship East Indies Station; recommissioned at Bombay in Mar 1909 and then paid-off at Chatham in Mar 1911. Chatham also had a Signal School {as did Devonport} which was called the R.N. The harbour at Portsmouth is one of the busiest in the United Kingdom, with around 130,000 significant movements annually. The library is the longest in Europe and is shared by the University of Kent, the University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University. The RN Barracks, Chatham, was HMS PEMBROKE. Barracks/Dockyard, located in Chatham, Kent. dailyinfo[8]=' Ersatz-Reservist August KOOP 5./I.R.425 German Army who died 08/02/1919 ADINKERKE MILITARY CEMETERY Belgium ' joined up on 14 October 14, 1916, at the age of 20. Victor Leopold Burnley HMS Pintail (d.10th Jun 1941). The Pension Card for Frederick Diver explicitly states the cause of his death. Frederick Walter Groom HMS Pembroke, PO. British & Commonwealth military and maritime buttons. Your email address will not be published. Alfred Ernest Bail. dailyinfo[21]=' L/32287 Driver John Frampton GAZE "O" Bty. The person may not have physically been at the location of the base during the dates shown on records, they are often at another port or in transit on a ship to which they were not assigned as crew. Caught and sank German T.B.D's "S.115", "S.117", "S.118" and S.119". The PEMBROKE pay and admin office was divided into sections (I, II, III, etc), each of which handled a different set of naval personnel. Royal Navy K15145 Stoker HMS Pembroke. Please select your address from the list below; No results found, please manually enter your address. Argles: March 1959-March 1961. No warning of the approach of the invader was given, and no-one appears to have seen it. The list goes on until Jul 1922 when he was discharged. Others were greatly cut up, mangled, bleeding and some were blown limb from limb. HMS Pembroke X was the headquarters of the Royal Navy Patrol Service at Lowestoft in 1939/40. 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