While serving in the Bay of Biscay, the ship came under attack from a German submarine. For more information visit Medway Archive Centre's website, email malsc@medway.gov.uk or phone 01634 332 714. Royal Scots who died 16/02/1919 ARBROATH EASTERN CEMETERY United Kingdom ' The PEMBROKE barracks were bombed. Officers and the surviving ratings who were able to, tore at the rubble with their bare hands in their efforts to find those lost beneath the debris of the shattered Drill Hall. Some with arms and legs missing and some headless. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Pembroke and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships . Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Pembroke. dailyinfo[30]=' B/469 Worker Charles BARLOW Australian Munition Worker who died 30/01/1918 NORTH SHEEN CEMETERY United Kingdom ' If it was incidental music we knew that someone, somewhere was doing the inspection. Your email address will not be published. 009aBertieShawPOW.jpg (61.72 kB, 842x544 - viewed 18388 . Please enter each person on a separate form. dailyinfo[27]=' 5778 Private William CUMMINGS 6th Bn. (d.11th Jul 1915) Hyam Clifford Frederick. Coleridge: November 1955 May 1957, Commodore Lionel W.L. He Joined HMS Rajah a Lend Lease carrier on 19th of January . Died 1960. The Drill Hall at HMS Pembroke in Chatham was completed by 1902 and, as its name suggests, was constructed to provide an indoor space in which the exercise and training of navy personnel could be undertaken during inclement weather. There is something every so evocative about the great, Upcoming changes to logging in - click here, GWF is free to use so please support the Forum, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-class_destroyer_(1917), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cumberland_(57). There were many ships on the trot and destroyers and minesweepers were triple banked on both sides of the river. HMS Pembroke (1694) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1694 and captured by the French in 1709. Designed by Colonel Henry Pilkington, construction of the barracks began in 1897 and completed in December 1902. Can you give me details of your Grandfather and do you have any photos taken when they were on the undaunted. HMS Pembroke (1733) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1733. On 10th September 2017, the Royal Naval Association Chatham Branch, along with the Universities at Medway, who have campuses at what is now known as Pembroke, commemorated the centenary of the tragedy. Norfolk & Suffolk: Shaw, Keeble, Gooch, Callas, Hawkins, Thorpe, Gibson, Baker, Census Information is Crown Copyright, from, Cooper : Muels : Howarth : Every : Price : King, Glad to help Pauline and Annie is right its a great story. HMS CERES was a 32 gun Fifth Rate launched in 1781 and broken up in 1830. Hi Margarette, Nice to hear from you and that our Grandfathers may have been shipmates. He was 19, a virgin, an orphan, naive. View Basket. Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. We are now on Facebook. South Lancashire Regiment who died 12/02/1917 BASRA MEMORIAL Iraq ' dailyinfo[31]=' 420628 Sapper William Bayne YOUNG 63rd Field Coy. Some ships which did not carry their own pay accounts were 'tenders' to a larger pay office. The Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, also known as HMS Pembroke, was a UK naval barracks that was built between the Victorian Steam Yard and Brompton Barracks from 1897 to 1902. The clock on the drill hall tower stopped at 11.12, giving the exact time the bomb exploded. Hello all, My Grandfather served with HMS Pembroke II from 1902 until 1922. Part 2 training, HMS Pembroke, Chatham, 1970. HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1733. Other than the R.Cs the remainder stood fast and enjoyed the Chaplains service. Seaman Alexander Kennedy came from the Western Isles. [2] At the beginning of World War One Chatham was one of three manning ports' (including Porstmouth and Plymouth) of the Royal Navy with ships, manned and allocated to the Chatham Division, a role that continued until the advent of central manning in 1956. HMS Pembroke (1812) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1812. When theCommander-in-Chief, The Nore, the regional operational commander appointment, was discontinued in March 1961, the barracks were being used as an accommodation centre for the re-fitting crews of the dockyard. These included the loss of three Chatham cruisers, HMS Hogue, Aboukir and Cressy, sunk together on the morning of the 22nd September 1914 by a single German submarine the U-9 . HMS CERES was the Supply and Secretariat training at Wetherby, Yorkshire between 1944 and 1958. We all went ashore in uniform. var dailyinfo= new Array(31) Sidney Richard John Sandoe 1868-1911. Someone on here will knowand I'll just apologise lol, My wife's gt grandfather served on a couple of those ships as a stoker too. They were stretched out, white, gaunt, drawn faces, with eyes nearly bolting out of their heads. (d.22nd Aug 1919) Wilson Willie. Leinster Regiment who died 27/02/1918 JERUSALEM MEMORIAL Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) ' Sarah Mason. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, 2018. As I mentioned it was our depot from where we went to and from the ships in the Chatham Command . (Salonika) Territorial Force Nursing Service who died 01/03/1918 KNOWLE (SS. In 1713 was purchased in Genoa by Spain. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. The Great War Forum Limited Records of HMS Pembroke from other sources. I also have a photo of him and 11 others in dress uniform in the deck of what is clearly a capital ship. BLENHEIM [TILBURY]; BLENHEIM was a 1890 Cruiser converted into a Destroyer Depot Ship & was in the Mediterranean from 1914-1919, 5th Destroyer Flotilla at Brindisi from October 1918, Ismed from December 1918. Designed by Henry Pilkington, construction of the Royal Naval Barracks began in 1897 and was completed by December 1902. Above:Seaman Albert Cluett. Took over transit and holding camp task from HMS MAYINA (in Colombo) on 18.03.1946. //-->, By His name was Henry John Miller (300159), he was also a stoker 1st class (I'm not sure what the 1st class actually means). HMS Pembroke I, II, III, IV and V are accounting bases and will appear on the records of all sailors and wrens whose home base was HMS Pembroke. Royal Navy 304620 Stoker, 2nd Class HMS Pembroke II. The Drill Shed and Canteen were being used by the Dockyard. he was living in the barracks and borne on the books of the Chatham Pay Office. 5th Bde. Can't remember anyone trying to burn it down either . Grey Funnel Line (GFL) Course/Class Photos. After camp at Wales I applied to join the Navy going to Glasgow and passing maths and English and medical tests and was detailed to join HMS Pembroke (Chatham Barracks) where after further. One man killed & two injured. Above: Seaman Alexander Kennedy. BRNC Blake Division, Autumn 1977. It is not correct to say that the PEMBROKE II pay office was hit, although many casualties were borne on the books of PEMBROKE II. Photos Canadian Virtual War Memorial. On 3 September 1917, the Chatham Drill Hall, then a glass roofed building, was being used as a temporary overflow dormitory for sailors and there were 698 men asleep or resting in their hammocks in the Drill Hall. if (dailyinfo[daym] != "") { document.write(fontstart+dailyinfo[daym]+fontend) } 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. Among those killed in the air raid were five Canadian sailors, four of whom served in the Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. . Today she is preserved as The National Destroyer Memorial commemorating the 11,000 lives and 142 Royal Navy Destroyers lost during the Second World War. They weremodernised andtowards the end of thefiftiessome,as I recall, had four rows front to back of block of two-tier bedswith wash rooms,including baths,and heads ateach end of the block and stair wells in the centre as well as each end. [1] It existed from 1891 to 1961. HMS CERES was a C Class light cruiser launched in 1917 and sold and broken up in 1946. Pj. Today the buildings are part of the University of Greenwich, Medway Campus. dailyinfo[28]=' 19673 Leading Aircraftman Samuel Ambrose TICKNER Meritorious Service Medal No. In September 1917 the problem of housing the men at HMS Pembroke had been further exacerbated by two unanticipated events: firstly, the men who had been earmarked to join the battleship HMS Vanguard had been forced to remain at the barracks, after she had been sunk atScapa Flow in July 1917. dailyinfo[9]=' 910311 Private Charles Henry CROMWELL 2nd Canadian Constr. Following on from that event, it was agreed that the Universities and the RNA together would create a film to capture the vital part of local history and the commemorative event itself. He Served on the Pembroke 2 in 1929 - 1933 and Greenwich (Shark) & Cumberland. Above: the funeral procession on 6 September 1917. became known as Cookham Camp. On Divisions days a command was given for Roman Catholics to fall out. He died in the air raid and just two days later, his brother, Harry, serving in the London Regiment, died of wounds. In 1970, all Naval establishments in Chatham were to be combined together and known as HM Navy Base, under one officer 'Flag Officer, Medway and Port Admiral'. I believe that this was a RN Barracks. They were WARRIOR [at Blackwall], BLACK PRINCE [at Glasgow]; DEFENCE [at Jarrow] and RESISTANCE [at Millwall]. Our Coleridge: November 1955-May 1957, Commodore Lionel W.L. A service and parade took place with Rear Admiral John Kingwell CBE taking the salute. 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Hi Arabis Whatever I try and attach does'nt work so here is just a list of the ships, List & no.Rating and dates:-, Pembroke II 15 7253 Stoker 15 Aug 02 to 30 Jun 03, Sutlej 5a 299 " 01 Jul 03 to 27 Nov 03, Berwick 142 " 28 Nov 03 to 12 Mar 06, Pembroke II 15a3 8276 " 13 Mar 06 to 15 Jul 06, Royal Oak 5a 23 " 16 Jul 06 to 31 Dec 06, Victorious 5a 22 " 01 Jan 07 to 01 Jan 08, Tenedos 14a2 126 " 08 Jan 08 to 31 Mar 08, Pembroke II 16a3 13091 " 01 Apr 08 to 08 Apr 08, Victorious " 09 Apr 08 to 24 Aug 08, Albermarle 5a 10 Act Ld St 25 Aug 08 to 17 Feb 10, Pembroke II 15a 34757 " 18 Feb 10 to 22 Mar 10, Tenedos 14a 2863 " 23 Mar 10 to 15 Jul 10, Pembroke II 14a7 28 Ld Stoker 16 Jul 10 to 08 Nov 10, Blanche 5a2 17 " 09 Nov 10 to 21 Oct 11, Pembroke II 15 3050 SPO 22 Oct 11 to 27 Oct 11, St George 12 7 " 28 Oct 11 to 30 Apr 12, Tyne 12 16(1)5 " 01 Mat 12 to 30 Apr 13, Pomone 16 Y 1 " 01 May 13 to 30 Jun 13, Tyne 16 T 4 " 01 Jul 13 to 07 Dec 13, Pembroke II 15a2 468 " 08 Dec 13 to 05 Feb 14, Goliath 12a2 35 " 06 Feb 14 to 28 Jul 14, Victorious 5a1 13 " 29 Jul 14 to 04 Aug 14, Pembroke II 15a2 1419 " 05 Aug 14 to 28 Aug 14, Undaunted 5a1 23 " 29 Aug 14 to 13 Nov 17, Pembroke II 15aa5280 " 14 Nov 17 to 04 Feb 18, Apollo Lookout 1270l 19 " 05 Feb 18 to 22 Jul 18, Pembroke II 15a2 6654 " 23 Jul 18 to 28 Aug 18, Blenheim (Tilbury) 12 134/16 Ch Stoker 29 Aug 18 to 26 Mar 19. Shepherd Stoker. After which Chatham became home to the reserve, or standby fleet. Monday night had been selected for anti aircraft practice and because of that policemen were actually going through the streets advising people not to be alarmed when they heard the guns firing at the very moment that the raider began his attack. Hi Charles Thanks for your help I attached a typed version of the service record in my reply to Arabis. Above: the main gate to HMS Pembroke thought to have been taken between 1905 and 1910. As ARABIS says a list of ships with dates would help, if there is the name of a ship with another name after it in brackets that is his Depot ship and the ship he actually served on. document.write; HMS Pembroke (M107) is currently on deployment NATO Mine Counter-Measures Maritime Group Administration of the naval depot/barracks. In 1970, all Naval establishments in Chatham were to be combined and known as HM Navy Base, under one officer 'Flag Officer, Medway and Port Admiral'. In the early years of the 20th century the Royal Navy underwent a major programme of modernisation which resulted in its ships and men being divided into three equal divisions each based on one of the home Royal Dockyards Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth. Alfred Ernest Bail. 1883-1885. HINE, John F, Engine Room Artificer 3c, MX 93441, died . At the start of the European War, she was sent to Force G off South America. I believe that this was a RN Barracks. Died 1955. After the area had been repaired, it was reopened and used as different naval buildings until 1984 when it was closed. 1st Floor North, Fitted Rigging House The gallery will show the transformation of the site over the years from a naval base to campus shared by the University of Kent, the University of Greenwich and Canterbury Christ Church University. dailyinfo[11]=' Seacunny ABDUR RAHMAN SIRAJUL HAQ S.S. MERTON HALL (Liverpool). The Western Front Association is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, no 298365. APOLLO [LOOKOUT]; APOLLO was a Depot Ship for the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at Devonport 1/9/17-1919. Frederick left a widow and three children, the youngest of whom, born in February 1917, has the middle name of Vanguard on which ship Frederick was serving at that time. Thomas Ginn, born February 1895, was also from Fogo Island, Newfoundland. . AB. Many thanks, Loads of images online. Chatham, In 1890, the Royal Navy Depot in Chatham was founded. Albert was then posted to HMS. I havent gor a lot of info on the two depot ships ie. HMS Pembroke (1757) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1757, hulked in 1776 before being broken-up in 1793. One sailor who spent time at HMS Pembroke describes the barracks in the mid 1950s: The Block at theeastern end housed the Barrack Guard and the Laundry and was There were beds then but hooksand stowagesremainedand some of thosein transit had to use hammocks. Royal Navy K15145 Stoker HMS Pembroke, HMS Actaeon, HMS Colmbo, HMS Hecla, HMS Kinsha. Please select an option below to continue. Nelson's flagship HMS Victory was built at Chatham's Historic Dockyard. Since the greatest loss of the bombers was during the daylight raids, the decision wasmade to carry out a night-time attack this would be one of the first of the First World War 'moonlight raids'. "We created a DVD to commemorate 100 years in 2017 since the Drill Shed bombing of 1917 to show what happened on that night.". dailyinfo[23]=' 9656 Private Isaac COOPER "A" Coy. It was built on the site of a prison built in 1853 to house over 1,000 convicts, with the intention that they would be used to build the Dockyard extension.[1]. Indian Merchant Service who died 11/02/1918 BOMBAY 1914-1918 MEMORIAL, MUMBAI India ' UNDAUNTED; 1914 Light-Cruiser [3,520 tons]. Chatham division ships fought at Jutland in May 1916 and Chatham division men took part in the Zeebrugge Raid in April 1918. Mackie, Gordon. RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. The final number of those killed in the air raid is usuallystated to be between 130 and 135. In 1956, as the Navy became much smaller, divisional manning was replaced by Central Manning thereafter Chatham became home to the reserve or standby fleet, although a number of operational ships were also based at the Dockyard including the Antarctic patrol vessel HMS Endurance. See more ideas about naval, royal navy, service women. The run up the line to the smoke was easy Many long distance lorry drivers would always give Jack a lift. Hi ARABIS. After his brief leave, he returned to England where he was waiting for his orders at the Chatham Naval Barracks on September 3, 1917. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Pembroke and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. The Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham also known as HMS Pembroke was a military installation built between the Steam Yard and Brompton barracks in the early years of the century. In March 1916 she was seriously damaged forrard in a collision with the stern of the light-cruiser Cleopatra during an engagement with German destroyers in the North Sea, which resulted in Cleopatra cutting the German destroyer G194 in half. Launched in 1944, HMS Cavalier is a CA-class destroyer. In 1970, all Naval establishments in Chatham were to be combined together and known as HM Navy Base, under one officer Flag Officer, Medway and Port Admiral. Enlisted RN HMS Vividi Devonport 21/11/14. dailyinfo[20]=' 11634 Labourer YANG FU CHING 11th Coy. #ILLEGALimmigrants" Above: Frederick Isaac Diver, and the cemetery at Thetford where he is buried. In 1957, the barracks and gunnery school were closed due to the local port divisions being replaced. Secondly, an outbreak of 'spotted fever' (epidemic cerebro-spinalmeningitis) in the barracks meant that the sleeping accommodation had to be increased in an effort to avoid further infection. My mother will be pleased if you have as she hasn't anything of her father's. Old timers had tattoos and wore light colour collars. Everywhere we found bodies in a terribly mutilated condition. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust. He was asleep in his hammock when the drill shed was bombed in the air raid later that night, with Albert sustaining multiple bomb wounds, according to the Chatham Naval Hospital records, of which he died in the early hours of 4 September 1917. Our Education Directory has everything you could possibly need! Pembroke HMS 1914. "@Fez174 That was HMS PEMBROKE in Chatham, we were the last writers branch to train there " Left, with a beard. HMS Resistance (Photo Ships) In June 1861, the Navy List records the names of four frigates then fitting out for service which became the first sea-going ironclad warships in the Royal Navy. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Pinterest. dailyinfo[25]=' 262952 Private Archibald Stanley BURGNEAY 8th Bn. The area was called Cookham Woods and the Chatham R.N. This requirement endured until the 1960s. then. The gallery will depict the journey of HMS Pembroke and its shore establishments from when it was first constructed in 1902 to its modern day use as a library. Above: the Memorial in Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham. Please tell us what you know: Please use this form to add details and stories of those who served during the two World Wars 1914-18 and 1939-45. Later that year, she was re-named HMS 'Duke of Wellington . var fontend = '' List of ships with the same or similar names, Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Pembroke&oldid=1104328118, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 14 August 2022, at 07:26. It is now almost certain that Walter was involved with Torpedoes. On the 7th June 1950 R.N.S.S. If you have mande it into a word file, you can copy and paste it into a post. Another casualty of the air raid was Stoker 1stClass Frederick Isaac Diver, born in July 1888. 3. They doubled away behind the Drill Shed and had their own church service, or so I believe. dailyinfo[1]=' Staff Nurse Edith Mary CAMMACK Associate of the Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class 4th Southern Gen. Hos. There was also the Anti-Gas Training Unit A mobile unit stationed up at one end of the drill shed. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! But then they were real people. LOOKOUT was a 1914 Destroyer. With the closure of the Dockyard and Naval Base in 1984 HMSPembrokewas also decommissioned; the barracks gates were finally closed on 31 March 1984. and the camp (Marlag U Milag ) Stamp. By the end of the raid the total number of dead stood at 98, but this would increase as injured men later succumbed to their injuries. There must have been about 300 girls, like myself, instructed to report to the barracks at HMS Pembroke, Mill Hill, North London for a two week introductory course. New shore-based naval barracks were built alongside each of the three dockyards. . On the order Roman Catholics fall in, they in turn had also finished and doubled back How did they find their rightful places amongst the other 1500still on parade? It seems very strange when you find other peoples' relations on the same ships. It was built on the site of a prison built in 1853 to house over 1,000 convicts, with the intention that they would be used to build the Dockyard extension. [1] These barracks were designed to provide not just accommodation but also recreation and training facilities for men who were waiting to be appointed to ships. The Naafi shop had lots of brass and copper trinkets made in the barracks. THE VOYAGES OF HMS CHATHAM 1915-1924 Thanks Margarette, Look forward to seeing what photos you have. if (year < 1000) year+=1900 He was a Ldg.Sig. The Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, also known as HMS Pembroke, was a UK naval barracks that was built between the Victorian Steam Yard and Brompton Barracks from 1897 to 1902. if (month<10) month="0"+month The Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, also known as HMS Pembroke, was a UK naval barracks that was built between the Victorian Steam Yard and Brompton Barracks from 1897 to 1902. He joined up because it was the right thing to do and because he was alone.