They started as Boy II, then progressed to Boy I after training. On 29th August 1899 she slipped her moorings and, escorted by the tug Escort made for Devonport. So please check. sticking up like one giant finger.Ganges was an experience that will never leave me, a love hate relationship, Started out in Anson 20 mess, back classed through illness and ended up in Grenville 23 mess.Greatest achievement of my life was getting my branch badge after thirteen months I think that I had earned it. !.173 joined and when we left 11 months later there was 62 remaining.l work in the Prison Service now and 2 years ago l met one of my old Leading Juniors serving 5 years ,it was so good to meet up again!!!! My D.O was a FAA pilot (Lt Lickfold) and had a strong empathy with him. Lawson, Inst Lt C.Harrison,Inst Lt A.W. He warmly assured me that with todays ships you dont need to. Rugby union. Rich. var fontend = '' 1968 - Joyce Hardy. Better late than never, I've just realised that this has been lurking on the top of a bookcase: It measures only 11.5 x 7cm. Royal Field Artillery who died 10/02/1917 DOIRAN MEMORIAL Greece ' All the pics bring back memories. 1968 - Alan Davies. 1969 - HMY Comms Dept. It was at Shotley in Essex, opposite Harwich. var month=mydate.getMonth()+1 1966 - Disposition of British Forces. Climbing past the devils elbow at the yard arm was a test for most but shinning up the last part of the mast to the button after ascending Jacobs Ladder was a lot tougher. HMS Ganges in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based training centre for recruits between 1905 and 1976. . One of the tasks they had to do was climb the fearsome 150ft mast, with no safety nets or harnesses.The naval base is long gone but the mast is still there. Climbing the Ganges Mast. HMS Ganges was a shore establishment for boy seamen. 1967 - Pat Watterton. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. 1967 - Catherine Davies van Zoen an Jennifer Wood. I also remember Wally Beard as a very amusing sort of a person not the same could be said for Tommo, not many jokes cracked there!!! Bluecher German Navy who died 29/01/1915 CANNOCK CHASE GERMAN MILITARY CEMETERY United Kingdom ' Contact the Account Holder about copyright permissions (including ordering copies of content) or issues with the publication of the information or images on eHive. 1966 - Training or Live Operating. HMS Ganges Museum is dedicated to the 160,000 boys who went through the gates as boys and marched out as men, from its inception as a Royal Navy Training Establishment in 1905 to its closure in 1976. 1966 - Royal Navy in Singapore. h2 {font-family: calibri; font-size: 30px; text-align:center; color: #000000;} She was later sold to a News of the World journalist. 27 Feb 2023 - I was devastated to learn that my old friend Mick Kester crossed the bar last Friday 24 February, apparently after suffering a heart attack.. Mick served in the Royal Navy for a total of 24 years, having joined in February 1958 as a Junior Seaman at HMS GANGES in Suffolk. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and 'signed on' for 12 years.