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Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestrasse 25, D-91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany +49 9831 505-0 abuse@hetzner.com. I had thought that our group were the only sailors, if we dared call ourselves that, in this annexe, but I was soon to discover there was a continuous rotation of faces, each at various stages of initiation, a small factory taking in baby civilians at one end and throwing out almost sailors into the real HMS Ganges at the other. MT2 Served from 1965 - 2021 Served in HMS Ganges. The one chippy bugger who thought it good fun to make you spar with him in the wash room (Annexe) I met up with in the Far Flung and gave him more than he gave me. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy training mast in Shotley Gate, pictured in 1936, was erected in 1907, A photograph of the base taken sometime in the 1950s (left), with recruits on the mast in 1937, with one recruit just about visible near the very top, John Youngman said his training at the site stood him in good stead for the rest of his life, Warning: Third party content may contain adverts, A pupil band from The Royal Hospital School performed at the event, It is expected to take at least a year to restore the mast at the tip of the Shotley peninsula, across the water from Felixstowe and Harwich. The showers usually took place at the crack of dawn, summer or winter we ran from the barrack towel around our waist to the showers. Anniversary Toast - HMS RALEIGH 25th Oct 2009, Telegraph: "Captain Peter Grindal Obituary", Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves, 10 myths told by Covid 'experts' now debunked. HP10 9TY. I would like to see the mast and museum moved to the safety of HMS Raleigh though to ensure its upkeep and maintenance. Ganges Tales of the T.R.O.G.s Paperback - 22 Nov. 1995 by John Douglas (Author), John Wheatley (Illustrator) 6 ratings Paperback 12.00 8 Used from 8.90 H.M.S. I wrote this song a long time ago. The greatest fear was of messing up, this meant the whole class was punished. A planning application for the site was submitted and outline permission was granted in 2015. Frederick "Ben" Rodgers author of "Lily & Me", "The Royal Navy & Me" and collector of Rover automobiles, Review from Newfoundland CraigChurchill. October, new Shore Establishment created and commissioned as Royal Navy Training Establishment, Shotley. On his 15th Birthday he was sent, with 2000 other boys, to the notorious HMS Ganges training establishment at Shotley Point where a harsh regime held sway. I knew a gentleman who said when he was at Ganges in 1947 he had his first taste of hot food. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. These were all regular happenings at Ganges. Read about our approach to external linking. GANGES was the shore training establishment for boy entrants into the Royal Navy from 1905 until 1976. Peter Cook. To get out of the showers we had to stand before our instructor legs apart arms raised for inspection. I shuddered to the bone, as I'm sure did other boys. There was also a degree of sexual abuse going on at Ganges, but we boys were too scared to ever complain or report such incidents. He was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court. Recruits used to climb the 143ft (44m)-high mast in formation, with the "button boy" standing on a small, circular platform at the very top, hands-free, but with his legs resting against a metal supporting bar. "A lot of the boys came from foster homes, or Barnardos. The former treasurer of a naval veterans' organisation has been jailed for 18 months after nearly 80,000 was withdrawn from its accounts. 5.0 out of 5 stars A real trip down memory lane. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Read about our approach to external linking. H.M.S. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Old men on the HMS Ganges Facebook page and it helps keep alive my time spent there. Steve Tarr. He had the misfortune to be placed under the care of two particularly brutal and drunken instructors whose continual bullying and abuse proved too much for this emerging free spirit . Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS (Image: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS). One not only suffered the punishment such as doubling up and down the steps of laundry hill with a 303 rifle held high. Former recruit John Youngman said it would be "nice to see it restored to its former glory". She was the last wooden wall ship to be a flagship, and the last to sail around cape horn unassisted. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. Used to have chats with old Tick-Tock and RPO Salmon gave me my 1 postal order when the max was really ten bob. The number of air raids at Shotley began to increase dramatically and its ratings soon had to go to the air . Artist's impression showing the view across a residential street at the redeveloped HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Statistics for the 1930s indicate some 200 official canings per year in HMS Ganges alone, an average of four per week. However, in the meantime we were still at the mercy of our instructors. I was at Ganges in 1955 and went to visit Shotley in 2005 and was surprised to see police signs near the old swimming baths. Some 100 boy-sailors were in the canteen, chewing and chattering; clattering knives forks and spoons against plates and bowls. From the annexe, I had sometimes seen it, partly hidden by snowy skies as it towered above the buildings, and it looked frightening then, but now, marching beneath its cobweb rigging, it looked truly awesome. 1976. To get to the platform you would climb out over the Devil's Elbow, legs dangling in the air, only your grip keeping you from certain death. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. and I got seven days 9s. The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. Shotly Jan 7 1967 , 4 weeks in the annex, 11months in the main establishment,left the RN after 26 years, as C.C.MEA(P) and you could tell Ganges trained men a mile off, Regrets not a bit.Sorry for the lad in my class that drank a pint of pussers disinfectant (The black stuff that turned white when you added water) I believe he got his Discharge. First time ever looking at any RN sights. Attempts have been made to contact developers Haylink Ltd but have been unsucessfull. View of the iconic mast at the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can During Ganges's time in Cornwall allegations of harsh and brutal treatment were reported to the Admiralty.One wardroom steward shot himself over the matter, and the reports aroused indignation in the local community. Even by naval training standards life there was controlled by a very strict regime. He was the officer that tested us when we endeavoured to qualify with a bosuns pipe. The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. In the first week of January it was snowed even harder and it snowed until March. There was a way to bypass it for cowards like me, but God help you if you tried using it. This punishment was something I never witnessed and can only describe from what other boys told me. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and signed on for 12 years. Mr Davis added: They have had the last conditions, including the fire hydrants agreed. I came across a clip on youtube that really saddened me and it tells its own story about the UK as it is now and the real fact that such things as pride, standards etc have long been lost and decay and neglect are the order of the day, I do not need to walk very far from my home to see with my own eyes the evidence all around me. NO FLOWERS FOR GEORDIE, HE'S NOT HERE TODAYTHE SEA HAS CLAIMED MY GEORDIE BOYPLEASE NO FLOWERS TODAYFIFTEEN YEARS OF LEARNING, HE'LL NOT GO DOWN THE MINESO WE TOOK HIM NEAR TO IPSWICH TOWNFAR FROM THE SEAMS OF THE TYNEIN A PLACE THEY STILL CALL 'GANGES' WITH TWO THOUSAND OTHER BOYSHE LEARNED TO SPLICE AND SAIL A BOATTALL ORDERS WERE HIS TOYSTHE 'BULLY BOYS' CAME NIGHTLY, DID THINGS A BOY COUNDN'T TELLBUT THEY MADE HIM WRITE IN HIS LETTERS HOME MAMMA YOU'R BOY'S DOIN WELLTHEN NEWS CAME OF SOME FIGHTING IN A FAR OFF DISTANT LANDWE NEED THOSE BOYS THUS SPAKE FOUR RINGSIN OUR BIG SHIPS THEY CAN RIDEIT'S WRITTEN ON HIS PAPERS, TWAS NOT THE DEED OF A MAN BUT A WAVE THAT TOOK MY GEORDIE BOYFIVE MILES OFF PLYMOUTH SOUNDSO NO FLOWERS FOR GEORDIE HE'S NOT HERE TODAY THE SEA HAS CLAIMED MY GEORDIE BOYPLEASE NO FLOWERS TODAY. This gallery has been set up as a home for images that have not so far been added to the Museums Official Website https://www.hmsgangesmuseum.com/ This was the job of the button boy at HMS Ganges who had to shin up the last fifteen feet or so to climb on the button during ceremonial parades. GANGES; the ship had previously anchored out in the harbour below, at Shotley Gate, on the east coast opposite Harwich. The HMS Ganges training base, which opened in 1905, closed in 1976 and has remained . Initially, training continued to be carried out on the vessel, but after the completion of a shore-based facility at Shotley, the ship was sent to be broken up. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich and Shotley . He was sitting on a stool and told me to stand in front of him and begin. He was quite good too. Boys normally signed up to a contract of 12 years, which would leave most of them aged in their late 20s after their tours. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. 1914. Drake 39 mess At least the cubicles in the heads had doors on this time. . She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). HMS Ganges was a "stone frigate" or land-based institution for the Royal Navy, and between 1905 and 1976 was one of the key training bases used to prepare sailors to defend Great Britain. Charles Dickens might have penned it the best of times and the worst of times. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships since from 1779, but in 1905 it was chosen as title for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich where about 500 boy recruits were stationed. There was a seamanship officer at the boat sheds. 2023 BBC. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. My heart sank and my elation evaporated as I desperately tried to quash all fears of my body falling from the Devil's Elbow. He was subsequently dismissed from the service and returned to civilian life. Dave Walton RN retired. Outbreak of World War One. HMS Ganges organisation of meals - covering the galley in the Long Covered Way/messdeck dining, and the introduction of the CMG block /communal dining - dated 1952. c. Punishment of Juniors (U) at HMS Ganges dated 1970. d. Restrictions on the caning of boys as a punishment dated 1929-1931. attempted to climb to the top of the mast, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, Aboriginal spears taken in 1770 to return to Sydney, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart. Nevertheless, as bad and as cruel as I have describe Ganges, I remain proud to call myself a Ganges Boy. CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (WEA) Served from 1974 - 1997 Served in HMS Ganges. It would seem those boy-sailors who were seconds ago shoving sausages into smiling faces, had all disappeared into that terrifying building, and by the cries belching from its belly were being eaten alive. He went on to be an SD subby. 1907. Abuse Details. "I remember another of the Ganges boys, they were talking to a visitor at the museum, and she said 'it was quite brutal, wasn't it? It was hoped that Developers Haylink Ltd would start work early this year, but their plans were scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic. JavaScript is disabled. 'Letters back to front, remember!' Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. So as I have said already, we kept our heads down aiming for that final day when wed be drafted to a ship. In attendance was a senior officer, medical officer and the master at arms. ", The boys climbed the mast whenever the base received high-status visitors, and as part of their training (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). I joined up in 1968,three years after my brother, he hated it I was one off the sad ones that loved it, even the kit musters on the mast! Restoration of the historic HMS Ganges Mast is well under way at Barrelmans Point in Shotley. Padre Weekes was always good for a fag and Jim Conroy (PTI) taught me to yodel. Many spars are believed to have come from this ship too. On the remainder of the command 'Bayonets' the left hand pulled the bayonet from the scabbard, placed it on the barrel of the rifle and, with a quick twist of the wrist, secured it in place. Yes, I got it wrong! It began snowing on Boxing Day. Today lots of those instructors (JIs and Badgeboys included) would be in front of the beak for various abuses, harassment and bullying. Observer career path/ real life experience. The latest development means that construction work could start immediately, however, due to the coronavirus outbreak, progress has been delayed. On the parade ground the order went something like On the command fix! The left hand went behind the cheek of your left buttock and twisted the bayonet and scabbard upward. When I say there was sexual abuse Im speaking from personal experience. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. the top rung of a six foot ladder is about my limit! A historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast has been taken down ahead of restoration work. Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS. (LogOut/ Well this seems a good time to see if this site works properly. Crowds of boys from HMS Ganges would visit Ipswich when they were given a day off from the harsh naval discipline at Shotley. As Rudyard Kipping wrote in his famous poem IF the you will be a man my son. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Ganges and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. Crowned on June 2, 1953, at the age of 25, Elizabeth II went on to have the longest reign for a British queen. HMS GANGES MUSEUM. He was fondling my right cheek as I tried to concentrate on pipping. contact the editor here. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/hms-ganges-swimming-pool-shotley-may-2015.t96792, Anniversary Toast - HMS RALEIGH 25th Oct 2009, Telegraph: "Captain Peter Grindal Obituary", Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves, 10 myths told by Covid 'experts' now debunked. Richard Dunn. LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1961 - 1970 Served in HMS Ganges. It. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can ", The honours board from the HMS Ganges, showing the victories of all the Royal Navy ships bearing the name (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). Some boys were home sick, some just tried to stay out of trouble, one or two ran away. George Blake joined the Navy in 1935 and served up to 1950. Justin I saw the mast fully manned three times and it was a wonderful sight to see as it was so well choreographed and I was always amazed how the button boy could even get onto the button, when there was a breeze the mast moved a few good feet at the top of it and as I said all he had to hold onto was a knee high lighting conductor. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Roe told me "I don't like you." It had to be neatly folded and stacked, each item one above the other, with each item measuring exactly nine inches wide and one inch flat. Indeed, I have never met a shipmate would ever claim otherwise. There's something to be said for finding how finding out how good you are at living with other people, and finding respect for yourself. Coronation Day of George VI. But, because of the lockdown nothing has really moved and I think, even though construction workers havent leagally been told theyre not allowed to do anything, the owners are a bit reluctant to move. Two other ratings are recorded as 'drowning' whilst on the books of HMS Ganges and both were in 1944. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. www.amazon.co.uk/H-m-S-Ganges-Dozen/dp/0906418003/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269273975&sr=1-1, www.navy-net.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/t=134/postdays=0/postorder=asc/start=0.html, www.veterans-uk.info/vets_badge/vets_badge.htm. Read about our approach to external linking. Were you at HMS Ganges? Network 157.90../16 Abuse Contact API. HMS Ganges in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based training centre for recruits between 1905 and 1976. If you cracked on and didn't buckle you were okay, but I wouldn't want to do it again. His fellow recruit, Phil Bridge, said it was "a sad day, because it means a lot to us", but he was looking forward to a restored mast being returned. Every letter, every strip of tape had to be in a perfect line. He would lay on the number of cuts prescribed, each cut raised a welt on the boys buttocks. The lower portion of the mast is steel, extending 18 feet (5.5 m) below ground and 30 feet (9.1 m) above ground. Photos showing the rusting mast at the former site of HMS Ganges at Shotley peninsula have been released on social media, prompting concerns that the 142ft high structure is not being properly. They looked smarter, more confident, or even downright dejected. An appeal by Woolverstone Parish Council was turned down two years later. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. HMS Ganges is a little bit different though, because they have to get the spine road in first and do some prep work. It was named after a pre-existing training ship by the same name that was launched from Bombay and based at Shotley. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? Looking pretty in candy-striped pyjama bottoms and naked chests, we were ordered across the parade ground, through the snow and ice, to the 'heads', that grown-up potty land, which had neither doors nor partitions around the bowls for privacy, to partake in our morning ablutions, a most embarrassing experience. 10/01/36- 08/02/36 HMS Pembroke. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. The mast has been a local landmark since it was erected a century ago this year at the end of the Shotley peninsular. Several tales about bullying and the harsh regime generally, not so much about the famous and frequent official canings. Heard so much about HMS Ganges though and it sounded very good for developing 'real sailors ' but as much as I hate to admit it I suspect it would have been too much for me . JavaScript is disabled. We were ordered to turn around and bend over, if the instructor was satisfied we were clean, we were allowed out. HP10 9TY. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. yes I was there in 92 .Essex, Nolfolk , Herts Suffolk and Cambs police all used it. . The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant). The cinemas would be packed with rows of Ganges boys in uniform and the caf at the corner of St Stephen's Lane would sell them many cups of tea as they waited for their bus back to Shotley. "We're hoping that we can get some of the money back from him, but we don't know if that's going to be possible.". Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. interesting .. photos of the old pool. Review of a book of anecdotes about legendary UK boys' naval establishment HMS Ganges, which at any one time housed as many as 2,000 trainee sailors in their middle teens. The Cattlemarket area of Ipswich would be busy at weekends with boys in full naval uniform. July 5 The old HMS Ganges sails out of Harwich Harbour. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Ganges. I recall watching a boy, who had been thrown in the deep end of the swimming pool, struggling in the water while a sadistic instructor smiled, saying, 'Look what happens if you can't bloody well swim?' Its really difficult to give a definitive time scale but once things get going I would imagine that progress will be very visible whereas a lot of the work going on over the past two or three years hasnt necessarily been seen by the public.. 2023 BBC. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Through the year the training was intense, probably a good thing, it gave us little time to regret joining the navy. Im quite sure few if any boys receiving cuts ever thought to run away again. According to the HMS Ganges Museum, her timbers were used to make objects including a grand staircase on an estate, and a cocktail bar in a small hotel, both in Devon. what an incredible article, thanks for that dave, how far did you get up that mast? He deserted on numerous occasions and willfully disobeyed orders . We had no one to confide in, our instructors would more than likely told us not to tell tales. Yes indeed, they were the best of times and the worst of times. Probably running away was the worse decision, they were always caught and returned to the camp. Ganges Tales of the T.R.O.G.s Print length 264 pages Language English Publisher Second City Publishers, Penmarth, Cornwall Publication date 22 Nov. 1995 ISBN-10 090681605X ISBN-13 [1] All thanks to my Instructor CMEM LUCKENS . The master at arms held a long thin bamboo cane, the instrument of the punishment. After eating I dashed down to the boat sheds to report for my test. In 1907, its famous 143ft (44m)-high training . At Gagnes they spent 12 months training, and they learned everything you need to do to run a ship. Graduating from Ganges held the promise of better times ahead, we would be real sailors, excited at the prospect of visiting far off and exotic lands. It used to be a training camp for the Navy until 1976, and in later years it was a police training school. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. While I was going through the various calls I felt his hand slipping up the back of my shorts. It had been HO (Hostilities-only) traing during the war. After initial training we were marched from the training camp. St George IOM Boys training 3/5/45 Christmas leave 45 took all kit and returned to Ipswich station, then by the ubiquitous 3 ton Bedford to Shotley where we reopened HMS Ganges as a boys establishment. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Ganges. I was sent to the training Ship HMS Ganges a cruel harsh 12 months lay ahead of me and thousands of other boys. Thus was the nature of Ganges harsh training regime. Editors' Code of Practice. Bob Roberts. HMS Ganges had a reputation for its harsh discipline. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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