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 Jon from Portsmouth said... | 07/11/2009 |
 Davies, John |
 John Davies, sadly deceased, was my grandfather and used to tell us about his time on the Barnham and when she went down. Nice to see this site.
Take care all.
Jon |
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| Jim McCrory from Northern Ireland said... | 02/11/2009 |
| Robert Ferguson Lanagan |
My uncle Bobby served on the HMS Barham and went down with her,as he was reported \'missing\' we have very little information on him.
If anyone has any information we would be very gratefull.
His details are as follows:-
Robert Ferguson Lanagan, P/JX158821,able bodied seaman,from Belfast N.Ireland.
Kind regards
Jim McCrory
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| Tom Minogue from Dunfermline said... | 19/10/2009 |
Hi all, I am currently making up a memento of the life of the late Jim McIntosh for his son, a friend of mine.
Jim joined the navy as a boy in 1929 and served on Emperor of India, Nelson, Queen Elizabeth, Malaya and other ships before joining HMS Calcutta at the outbreak of war in 1939.
Jim was 95 when he died this year but when in his 80\'s and very much on the ball he dictated a synopsis of his navy career as boy seaman, OS, AB and Ldg Seaman and told in some detail of his being sunk with Calcutta then taken to Alexandria before going via Ismalia by train to Port Tewfick where he joined Barham for the voyage to Durban.
Jim said he went through the King Neptune Fantasia on Barham on 18 July when opposite Mombassa. He has a certificate for crossing the line for that date but it is made out for the Empress of Australia.
Can anyone shed any light on this?
There are at least two possibilities as I see it.
1/ Jim did cross the line twice once on his way to Durban from Egypt on Barham and once on his way home from Durban to UK on Empress of Australia and the cert is for the UK bound crossing, and not as he recalled the southbound crossing.
2/ Jim did the above journeys but got his certificate on the way to Durban which was in the name of Empress of Australia because there were no certs available on Barham and they got some from the troopship.
To complicate matters further another Barham website has a photograph of the Captain going through the Crossing the Line ceremony in June 1941.
It all depends on the dates that Barham sailed to Durban after suffering damage at Crete?
Jim got a Distinguished Service Medal from King George VI for his actions as Coxwain of the ships motorboat evacuating NZ & Australian troops around Athens.
He also joined HMS Exmoor after returning to the UK and took part in actions with Walker RN including the U-131 sinking.
Hope you can help me with this anomaly.
Regards, Tom Minogue, Dunfermline.
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| marmara richard from floriana malta said... | 16/10/2009 |
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| marmara joseph |
| i would like more information about the role of my late grand father joseph marmara on the hms barham someone who remember him or some have any photos of him with his relatives on board tks |
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| mick manning from middlesbrough uk said... | 14/10/2009 |
| john manning |
| my dad john manning was survivor from the sinking i,ve visited this site a few times. great to see its thriving with some fascinatig accounts.Dad died back in 85 but would have loved this |
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| claire sutton from maidstone kent said... | 07/10/2009 |
| kenneth sutton |
| george william oiliver is pictured with my grandfather in the group section they were the only 2 men in picture that survived the sinking in 1941! they had their picture taken on a day off in alexandria bay 1941. anyne who knows any nfo or where picture came from would be mch appriciated as we know very little of him and only have one pic of him! thanks claire |
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| Kevin Bayliss from Leicester said... | 27/09/2009 |
| Sidney Charles Collins |
| re message from Stephen Wilkins regaring Sidney Charles Collins. Sid was my mothers brother I would love to see the picture, I have one of him to check identity.. how do i contact someone on this site? |
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| Rgobby from norbury london SW16 said... | 07/09/2009 |
| R.gobby |
| amended incorrect e mail.apology |
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| Richard Gobby from hms Barham Jutland 1916 said... | 07/09/2009 |
| Richard Gobby |
| My uncle Dick Gobby served on the Barham and was a boy marine in thr Battle of Jutland 1916.My father who was younger and after the war in 1919 went round the world on hms New Zealand on a victory voyage with earl jellico. |
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| Eileen Rooney from HMS Barham said... | 04/09/2009 |
| I am the daughter of William Bone ( Bill) HMS Barham 1938 - 194I I have a photograph of Anthony Cobham who , it seems looked after my father and sibling does anybody have any info please |
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