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 Julia from said... | 22/12/2009 |
 Cecil Wilding |
 Hoping to find information on my Grandfather\'s brother - any memories of photos of him - what brave men they were.... |
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| Mark Rutledge from New Zealand said... | 11/12/2009 |
| P/O George Null Wells |
| I would be interested to hear from anyone related to, or who served with George Wells. He was my mothers only sibling (half brother, her name: Patricia Rutledge (nee Wells), formerly of East Walthamstowe, now living in New Zealand. |
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| Geoff Barham from England said... | 08/12/2009 |
My son and me have just read the page as we bear the ships name. We are looking through some old photos of my dads and he has his army hat on at a tilt. It reminded me of when I was in the navy and an officer started to chastise me for wearing my hat crooked, until I told him my name. He then let me of as all HMS Barham crew did this. He never explained further. Can anyone clear up this mystery for me.
Many thanks and keep up the good work with the site.
Geoff and Matthew Barham. |
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| David Wareham from Aylesbury said... | 06/12/2009 |
| Sydney Fryer |
| Syd was my Uncle sadly he died on the Barham when I was four years old and I never had the chance to meet him. I know my Mother was his younger sister and absolutely doted on him |
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| Alan Lawson from Coventry said... | 27/11/2009 |
| George Branfield |
| Belated rememberance for all the crew members no longer with us, god bless |
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| vince from Canada said... | 20/11/2009 |
| Joseph cutajar |
| Anyone has any info about my Dad, Joseph Cutajar. He always spoke very highly about HMS Bahram when we where little. He served as a guly boy (cook assisstant) and a part time barber, Regards. |
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| Kim Cooper from Pagham, W. Sussex said... | 09/11/2009 |
| Ord Seaman William Bircham |
| My Grandfather perished on this ship on November 25th 1941. My father never knew his dad and I am trying to piece together some information for him. I would like to gather any extra details or photos about my Grandfather. Does any survivor remember him ? .... can anyone help me ? ... much obliged , Kim |
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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
Nephew |
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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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