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695 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   Bob ingram from Portsmouth said... 09/08/2000  NULL  Ernest "Tich" Edds My grandfather, AB Ernest "Tich" Edds now deceased was a survivor of the sinking. He served on Barham, 1925- 1928 and from 1938 till the end.I still have his copy of the roll of honour and a card from Constance Cooke, the captains wife in remberance dated 1944.I also have a photo which shows my Granfather with messmates P.Martin, Bill Elsey,and G Parker in Durban in 1941 after Barham was docked for repairs following bomb damage.He never went to sea again after the sinking and had great difficulty even talking about it right to the end of his life. Tim Honnor from Inverness said... 06/08/2000  NULL  Dick Edwards, Charlie Styles, Arthur Erskine Sherw How strange that HMS BARHAM seems suddernly to have cropped up in my life. In the lasy ten days I have had two print orders with the name BARHAM in them and on Saturday night was staying with a Commander Dick Edwards, RN (aged 92) in Cornwood Devon. He told me he had been Flag Lieutenant To Admiral Laycock in BARHAM in 1939. Then I passed Charlie Styles old house, also in Cornwood and went to harford Church. There I saw a brass plaque on the wall in memory of Surgeon Lieutenant Arthur Erskine Sherwell, lost in Action HMS BARHAM 25 November. Harford Church is our old family church and Sherwell must have been a local man. Does anyone know where his address might have been in the area in those days. And it was good to hear of Charlie Style again. I am writing to him! Tim Honnor thomas e harding from portsmouth england said... 01/08/2000  NULL  alan james harding thank you for an excellent website.my brother died on the barham,only 19 years old.his name was alan james harding,and he joined the navy as a boy seaman at st. vincent,gosport.I would be grateful for any news from anybody who knew him.his previous ship was h.m.s effingham,which he survived when it was sunk off norway. Frank Wade from West Vancouver, Canada said... 31/07/2000  http://www3.telus.net/FrankWade  Frank Wade I congratulate Sara O'Donohue for starting this web page to remember those brave sailors who died on the Barham. I served on the staff of C-in-C, Admiral Cunningham, as a cypher officer. I saw the whole of the sinking from the Admiral's flag bridge in HMS Queen Elizabeth, the flagship. I wrote a book about my Mediterranean experiences called "A Midshipman's War. See my home pages and read about sinking. Yvonne Simcock from kidsgrove, staffordshire said... 28/07/2000  NULL  Wilfred Burton Hi, what a very good informative site, I am looking for a Wilfred Burton, who we have all believed, to have died, when the Barham was sunk, but we cannot find his name anywhere associated with the Barham Wilfred Cottingham from ? said... 12/06/2000  NULL  Daniel (Mick) McCarthy My friend Mrs sheila Johnson is tring to trace any imformation regarding her brother Danial[mick] McCarthy A/B GUNNER who was killed on Hms Barham aged 21 she is also looking for a good photo of the Barham.Her photos are not very clear if at all possable could you send any photos you might have thankyou for your help John Wynn from 1330 Chalfield Drive Oakville, Ontario L6J 6R5 said... 24/04/2000  NULL  Jack Stones I am interested in locating anyone who served aboard the Barham in the Mediterranean, or the Jupiter when she went to the Java Sea area. My cousin Jack Stones served aboard the Barham and was on survivor leave in Alexandria when he was drafted to the Jupiter. He went down with the Jupiter. I would like to hear from anyone who knew Jack from either of the above ships. John Wynn Graeme Sorley from Victoria, B.C., Canada said... 21/04/1999  NULL  Robert Sorley As the son of Surgeon Commander E.R Sorley, I am proud to be the first, or one of the first to sign the Barham Survivors Association Guestbook and to honour the memory of all those who lost their lives on the great ship. Thanks to the efforts of my niece, Sara O'Donoghue, their names shall now be memorialized, not only in Westminster Abbey, Portsmouth and in other places, but in cyberspace for all time. Sara O'Donoghue from London, England said... 21/04/1999  http://www.watersideweb.co.uk  Robert Sorley Hello, I set up this site and am granddaughter of one of the 861 people who lost their lives when Barham sank. I thought it would be a good idea to have a guestbook so anyone connected with the Survivors association, or who has an interest could exchange thoughts, ideas etc. Think of it - those people could never have imagined they would be commemorated in cyberspace 59 years later! 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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