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 Elaine Smith from Texas said... | 22/11/2011 |
 Frank James Marsh |
 My grandfather, Frank James Marsh,was the leading telegraphist, Royal Navy, and perished on the Barham. The. Queen Mother offered my mother, F J Marsh\'s daughter, a position as a lady in waiting. My mother declined as she wanted her advanced education instead. Captain Cooke\'s wife and the Queen Mother made this come about. I cherish all the letters from the Queen Mother as well as Queen Elizabeth\'s congratulatory letter upon my mother\'s retirement. Thank you for the notification of the upcoming ceremony. |
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| Michael Pryall from N. Ireland said... | 21/11/2011 |
| Michael Pryall |
| Thanks for the invite to the remembrance service 26th Nov 2011. Although unable to attend our thoughts and prayers will be with all those lost at sea. |
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| Jeff Horner from Seattle, Washington USA said... | 20/11/2011 |
| Eric Horner |
| I posted a music video about the HMS Barham on youtube. Type in icu812ib4u and select the video \"The Last Farwell\" |
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| vincent Mifsud from canada said... | 20/11/2011 |
 Hms Barham |
| Vincent Stafrace |
thank you for the information about the servise
being held in memory ofall the crew of Hms Barham, Iwill spend a moment of silence and prayer..Iwish ican attend. |
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| isn walton from Royal Marine said... | 19/11/2011 |
| Douglas Walton |
| I never had the benefit of meeting my uncle Douglas but his memory is still with family members. As a Royal Marine we believe he was near the ships magazine when the ship was hit. Any knowledge of this would be appreciated. |
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| r.w.robertson from gunnery dept said... | 19/11/2011 |
| robert h robertson |
| my father r.h.robertson R.N no P/SSX16659 AB royal navy passed away on 25-11-1941with the sinking of the hms barham i have variouse photos of my father and some of his ship mates from on board the barham i could forward you photo copies if you would like for your association please let me know so i could comply robsco@talktalk.net |
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| Susan Crampton from Wexford, Ireland said... | 19/11/2011 |
| Sidney Collins |
| Thankyou for letting me know about the Service of Remembrance next Saturday. I\'m sorry that I can\'t be there but I\'ll say a prayer and will be thinking of HMS Barham and all those connected with her. The coffee table which was made from part of the wardroom table at the captain\'s request, by Sidney Collins, shipwright wii receive an extra polish! My mother and Sidney had recently got married and this was for their new home. Sadly Sidney was lost when the Barham was sunk. |
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| Christine Allen from said... | 19/11/2011 |
| James Philp |
| James Philp was my father\'s brother and died before I was born. James\' mother (my grandmother) never had any closure on her bereavement because his body was never found. I remember Granny saying that she hoped that James was still alive on a desert island somewhere. I said \"Granny, there are no desert islands in the Mediterranean!\" \"I know, dear.\" was her wistful reply. |
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| Stephen Broadley from Canada said... | 15/11/2011 |
| Ernest Ireton |
What an amazing job you are all doing keeping HMS Barham and all what it means to so many of us having lost family many years ago.
I have an interesting story that happened last year. My wife was sorting through a box of documents my Uncle Ernest Ireton had written from HMS Barham.
One letter was written by Arthur Andrews in early 1942 to Ernest Ireton’s cousin in Middlesborough after the HMS Barham sinking.
The letter ……...
Dear Madam, I received your letter this morning and to inform you that I knew your cousin by sight but not to speak to and to tell you that he would be midship when it happened and he would have no chance. You asked me what part of the ship he was in when he was in South Africa well the Marines were split up and he would be quarter deck man – there was only 20 marines saved out of 160 and I am very sorry he was not one of them.
Signed Arthur Andrews
My wife checked the Barham website and realized that Arthur Andrews was one of the survivors of HMS Barham. Thanks to your website my wife was able to make a connection and locate family member’s of the Andrew’s family and decided that this letter may be a piece of history that should be returned to the Andrews family so they could see their grandfather / great grandfather’s hand-writing as well as the kindness he showed.
It took only a few emails and Arthur’s grandsons responded with great excitement to find a piece of history of their grandfather. It was very encouraging and rewarding for my wife and I to know the original letter has gone back to its family after 70 YEARS and to know how grateful the Andrews family are.
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| Joanne Clark from United Kingdom said... | 13/11/2011 |
| Billy Jager |
| Happy Birthday Grandad - 91 on 12th November - We are so proud of you. Love Joanne, Paul, Jaydeen and Sean, Syliva, Sid and Kevin xxxxxx |
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