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793 messages posted to the guestbook Page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] ( 42 ) [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] Add a message Search the guestbook for crew names   Terry Bowcutt from Titchfield Common, Hampshire said... 03/03/2009 My wife has just acquired the Service Certificate of her late grandfather William George Mara. He served in HMS Barham as an Able Seaman from 14th December 1917 until 30th September 1920. He joined up on the 3rd December 1913 as a Boy 2nd Class and was released on 10th July 1955 as a CPO of 12 years standing. William was born on 11th January 1896 in Lambeth, London and died 15th January 1974 in Portsmouth. His original Official Number was L28793 but this later changed to P/JX 147861. FRANK bROWN from Londonderry said... 23/02/2009  Harry Brown Hi, my father harry served on the Barham from 1920 until 1922,he was an AB Torpedoman. His Official Number was j/55184 and he served from 1916 until 1929. carl ray from telford said... 18/02/2009  judson? hi, i have been given a photo that was my grandfathers- mr peter judson. he was in the navy and the date on is 1- 7 (i think) 39. the photo is of hms barham according to the writing on the back. does anyone know if my grandfather was on it at that time. (he died in the late 70\'s) thanks for your time, carl.ray@nhs.net Adrian Day from Salisbury said... 28/01/2009  Albert James Webb Just to say a fascinating site. My granddad Albert, was a Gunner on board at the time of the sinking. I can remember him telling me, apart from how lucky he was, about sliding down the side of the ship scraping skin off on the way and of taking in much oil when in the water, after finally being blown back to the surface after being sucked down into the water by the ship. He attended many of the memorials in London and spoke fondly of crew and friends from that Ship. I am now 50 and thank God never have had to take part in any conflict. Thanks very much to brave people Like Albert and his crew mates. Philip Corcoran from UK said... 27/01/2009  Fred Parkin It is with great sadness that I have to report the death of Fred Parkin aged 89 years of age. Fred served on HMS Barham as a stoker prior to its sinking. He told many tales of his time in the Royal Navy. He only recently received his Service Medals, they were looked at but never removed from the cellopahne wrappers. He will be sorely missed. There are some unofficial photographs of HMS Barham if you would like copies. Philip Corcoran (Nephew) Harry Watts from HMS Valiant said... 17/01/2009  Mne Watts My father told me about the sinking of HMS Barham at the age of 8. I am now 58, and it was only last year that I searched for the footage of the Barham. Untill then, I never knew that such a film existed.I am one of 5 children, and many grandchildren, who would not have seen life, if the Valiant had been hit. My father told us children, that the Valiant normally took the lead, but on that fatfull day, the Barham was in the lead. I look at the film footage on a regular basis, and have shown my four children, and they have shown their children, of the sacrifice that was made in both wars. God rest their young souls, my father has long gone, but his stories still linger, along with my uncles treatment that he recieved at the hands of the Japs, when he was on the Prince of Wales, and he eventually died on the Burma railway! Mrs. Tracy Carter from Tadley, Hampshire said... 15/01/2009  A. Garrett I have just updated file on the above named crew member. I came across his name on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. He is not sadly the person I am looking for but have posted his details to help anyone in the future who is looking for information. I hope this was allowed and that I have not broken confidentiality rules. I have also found details of my great-uncle John(Jackie) Adams of Gateshead who also died on the Barham. This website was my starting point so thank you all so much. Carline Simms from Kins Heath, Birmingham said... 10/01/2009  Able Seaman William Hemmings My uncle Willliam died on board, though my mother(Williams Sister) has passed away, I would like any information from anyone. G. Carstairs from Seaman said... 10/01/2009  George Carstairs My father George served HMS Barham 1935-1939 Jason Port from Runcorn said... 07/01/2009  Thomas John Port My Grandfather Thomas John Port served on Barham before the war. He is still alive living in Wiltshire. His Younger Brother Peter Port was serving on HMS Dutches when the Barham colided with her he went down with the Dutches aged 19. in 1945 my grandfater had a son and named him Peter after his brother. Peter is my Dad. great site very interesting. Add a new message to the guestbook name: email: homepage: crew names: location: your message: validate your post by typing the letters into the box

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