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697 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] Add a message Search the guestbook for crew names   Susan F Crampton from Ireland said... 25/03/2007  Sidney Collins, deceased I found your excellent website on the internet & the information on it is most interesting. My connection with HMS Barham is a table! My mother\'s first marriage was to Sidney Collins, a carpenter, who served on HMS Barham & was lost at sea when she sank in 1941. I remember my mother telling me that he was told to modify the wardroom table and his CO suggested that he should make a small table from the offcut for his new home in Gosport as they had recently married. I live in Ireland now and that piece of Barham is still a useful table and it is also a link with naval history. Whenever we are in UK a visit to Portsmouth is a \'must\' and I would like to join the Association. My husband has built a scale model of HMS Widgeon (a Kingfisher class corvette) and now I am trying to persuade him to build one of HMS Barham. Geoff Wearmouth from UK said... 22/03/2007  Melvin Wearmouth I don't think I'll be signing the Helen Duncan petition. She made a delicate situation worse. An easy trick to pull off in Portsmouth. A good site for those interested in all history is Google's News archive. http://news.google.com/archivesearch?hl=en Use the advanced search. There are Time magazine reports of Dakar and although most American newspapers observed the news blackout until the 27th January 1942 some smaller ones reported on the 13th January that Berlin radio had broadcast a report (recorded by United Press) that the Barham had been sunk the previous year. Andy Fittes from Cannock Staffs said... 21/03/2007  Charles Fittes Just wondering if anyone else caught the Channel 4 News last night ? There was a piece on Helen Duncan and a campaign by her relatives on the Downing Street web site for her to recieve a pardon for her conviction for witchcraft . She was imprisoned and sentenced for stating she had a 'vision' that the Barham had sunk prior to the official release of the news . They also showed the clip of the sinking and summarised the events of 25th November 1941 . The petition is via the below email address and closes on the 22nd April . Andy Fittes (Son of Charles Fittes , Survivor) petitions.pm.gov.uk James William jackson from Galston, Ayrshire said... 19/03/2007  Jim Samuels Mr. Samuels was my divisional Officer at HMS Ganges in 1956 and was an inspiration to an unruly bunch of boys. If he should see this or you can inform him that I still have a penny that he hit twice with a .22 rifle whilst on the range. Sir Christopher White, Bt from Istanbul .Turkey said... 14/03/2007  Lt Cmdr Robert Charles Meadows White Lt Cmdr RCM White, commander of HMS Duchess, lost 12th Dec 1939, was my uncle, my father\'s elder brother. Any information about him would be most welcome. Sir Christopher White, Bt from Mull of Kintyre said... 14/03/2007  Lt Cmdr Robert Charles Meadows White Lt Cmdr RCM White, commander of HMS Duchess, lost 12th Dec 1939, was my uncle, my father\'s elder brother. Any information about him would be most welcome. Penny Bushby from Leeds said... 13/03/2007  Kenneth Wetherill Many Thanks for changing the spelling of my Fathers name I can\'t believe how quickly this has been amended!.There is a picture of him in the newspaper cutting in the Press & letters section its the very 1st press cutting and my Father is the one on the right of the 3 men that are pictured.It\'s the first time I have seen the footage of the sinking of HMS Barham and i\'m amazed anybody survived. penny bushby from leeds said... 12/03/2007  kenneth wetherill my father Kenneth Wetherill (not Wetherell wrong spelling on crew search) was a survivor he said that when he was rescued he was covered in black oil and that a lot of the crew could not swim . My father died in 1975 aged 62 vincent cutajar from Malta said... 08/03/2007  Joseph Cutajar My father served on HMS Barham 1940-1941. He always mentioned that he was a cook helper and how proud he was to serve on this great ship. Any body out there who can give me some info about him at that time? Thank you so much. Charlie Burke from New York said... 03/03/2007 My wifes uncle served in the Royal Navy during the war and I was fascinated by the stories he told.May all who went down with her rest in peace. 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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