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Updates in 2017 (most recent at the top)
Updates from previous years
2017 Jun 18th
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In Memoriam - Other Awards
Added:
- Bronze Star (USA) (thanks Douglas)
- King Haakon VII's Freedpm Cross (Norway) (thanks Haes)
- Order of Merit (Chile) (thanks Everett)
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (USA) (thanks Douglas)
- Royal Order of George 1st (Greek Military Cross (thanks Slade)
Sea & Shore
- Renameed A Career at Sea? with these words from the Conway Song.
- Added King's Shropshire Light Infantry to the lust of military units (thanks Biddle-Cope)
- Added a lot more RAF squadrons - it makes for a pretty impressive list
- 321 military units now listed.
The Cadets List
Made numerous corrections to individudal entries
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2017 Jun 7th
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The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Hedges
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2017 Jun 1st
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OCs & The Falklands
Added a new 20 page article
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2017 May 31st
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OCs Still @Sea
Updated to end May 2017, now just 21 OCs know to be serving at sea.
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| 2017 May 29th |
OCs & Calcutta (Port, Bengal Pilot Servce & Hooghly River Service)
Revised article now 56 pages
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2017 May 8th
| The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Bullock
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2017 May 7th
| History - Conways & Snowdonia
Greatly extended article published
OCs & Calcutta (Port, Bengal Pilot Servce & Hooghly River Service)
Brand new 55 page article about OCs and the port of Calcutta
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2017 May 3rd
| The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Couch, Sims (Brothers), Hillkirk
Lost @Sea
Updated entry for Hillkirk.
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2017 Apr 25th
| Staff
Updated
the list of longest serving members of staff - some pretty incredible
dates in there ranging from 9th - 25 years up to 1st - 50 years.
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2017 Apr 23rd
| The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Peacocke
Bibliography
Added new books by
Lloyd: 21st Century Seamanship by Michael 'Con' Lloyd (56-58)
Peacocke: My
Journey Through Mental Illness to Recovery: An Autoethnography: A
Post-Modern Journey Moving from a Mental State of War-Induced Terror
and Collapse into One of Acceptance and Recovery
by Richard Peacocke (69-71)
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2017 Apr 21st
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The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Averill, Heath, SZCZEPANORWSKI and Young
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2017 Apr 15th
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The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Howorth and Larcombe.
A Career At Sea?
Added a new article to the "OCs & ...." series. This one is OCs & RMS Titanic.
The series alreay includes:
- OCs & The RCN.
- OCs & The RIN.
- OCs & The Battle of Jutland.
- OCs & The Dardenelles Campaign.
Ready to launch once proof reading is complete are OCs & The Boer
War and OCs & The Bengal Pilot Service, The Hooghy River Survey
Service & Calcutta.
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2017 Apr 9th
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Conway Club Site
Updated People pages and Branches pages.
Regret Members' Only pages still not working. The security/data
protection issues seem not to be fixable with my current software. I
must move the whoe site to new software.
Bibliography
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Added reference to two books written by Vincente Szczepanowski (aka Vincent Stephens) (1866-67)
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2017 Apr 7th
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The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Rattray (06-07)
Sea Career
Added our 292nd Armed forces unit 104 Sqn RAF (Rattray)
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2017 Apr 5th
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Still @ Sea
Removed Mike Lee (67-69) from the list - he retired as a master with
Boskalis last December. Updated his entry in The Cadets' List.
For Sale - Other Sources
Updated the page to provide
images of the the ship's model and the print of Nile sailing, and to
remove items no longer available from third padry suppliers.
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2017 Apr 1st
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A Career At Sea
Added another major update
to the feature on OCs & Gallipoli - now 24 pages. At least two OCs
were at the landings on the first day of the land campaign and left on
the very last day of the evacuation.
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| 2017 Mar 28th |
Club Accounts added 2014 and 2015
Club AGM Minutes added 2016
Image Archive
Added a new film clip of the ship in the 40s. Now 12,488 images with 45 folm clips.
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| 2017 Mar 28th |
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Beckett (39-41), Masefield.
Image Archive
Added 24 new images so now 12,487 photos and documents of and
about HMS Conway, her cadets and staff.
Staff - Academics
Added profiles of D'Amaral and Wood
Slop Chest
Added more detail about Petty Officers and Cadet Captains and the change form one to the other in1899.
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| 2017 Mar 27th |
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Collier (62-64), Daniel (06-08), Epps (61-63), Hume (37-40) and Levien (1898-89)
Image Archive
Split the HMS Winchester and Mt Edgcumbe albums into three
- HMS Conway 2 - Hull
- HMS Conway 2 - Upper Deck
- HMS Conway 2 - Below Decks
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2017 May 24th
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Sea Career
Added our 108th unit - RN Gunnery School, Chatham (Drew)
Added our 291st armed forces unit - Royal Indian Engineers (thnks Franklin Colquohoun and others)
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| 2017 Mar 23rd | Sea Career - Armed Forced Units
Added our 290th unit - Karachi Artillery Corps (thanks Carmichael)
Sea Career
Added our 1025th Shipping Co - Robert Dollar SS Co (Canada) thanks Myers
Notables - Senior Officers
G Nicholson (1887-88) becomes our third Army General (Brig Gen)
In Memoriam - Other Conflicts
Added 1919 Russian Relief Force - Murmansk Expiditionary Force
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| 2017 Mar 20th |
Bibliography - Books With Conway Content
Added Master Under God by Fred Nicholls
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Yeates (11-13)
Sea Career - Gallipoli
Added details of Fairweather's involvement
Sea Career - Armed Forced Units
Added our 289th unit - King`s Royal Rifle Corps (thanks Smythies)
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| 2017 Mar 20th |
A Career @ Sea
Now 1024 shipping companies in our list after adding Scrutton Sons & Co (thanks Bourdillion)
Made about 30 minor corrections to The Cadets' List - mainly correcting the spelling of names.
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2017 Mar 15th
| A Career @ Sea
Now 1023 shipping companies in our list after adding the Arab Maritime Petroleum Company (thanks Peter Jones)
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Peter Jones (49-51)
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2017 Feb 26th
| A Career @ Sea
Added Fujairah as our 69th Pilot Service (Walsh)
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2017 Feb 22nd
| A Career @ Sea
Added links and info for Royan (44-46)
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2017 Feb 17th
| A Career @ Sea
Added links and info for Clegg, Lee, Littlehayes (1880-82), Windsor (64-68)
Image Archive
Now has 12,462 entries as I had not previpously counted the Obituaries and other documents included in The Cadets' List and Staff pages
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2017 Feb 14th
| Image Archive
Now has 11,377 entries:
All new images in Accessions
Photo Themes
Document By Year
Added
1961 Rooney's Notebook
1966 Prize List,
1968 Boxing,
1970 Ship Visit
1971 Slop Chest
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2017 Feb 13th
| Staff - Academics
Added new entries for Mr Rooney (61-62) and Mr Greenland circa 59-62.
The latter was an accomplished musician. He left Conway and as the
notes show he joined the RAF then SAS and dissappeared.
Staff - Sick Bay
Added phot and commnet on Sister Griffiths
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2017 Feb 5th
| A Career @ Sea
Added our 1,016th shipping co: Hong Kong & Japan Line (Dobbin)
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2017 Feb 5th
| A Career @ Sea
Added our 286th armed service unit: Royal Field Artillery (Thompson)
Added a fully revised (again!) copy of OCs & Gallipoli.
Ditto OCs & Jutland
In Memoriam
Updated the loss of Lionel Napier (1873-75) to the Lost at Sea List now v88
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Napier (1873-75)
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2017 Feb 1st
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A Career @ Sea
Added our 286th armed service unit: Royal Field Artillery (Thompson)
Added a fully revised (again!) copy of OCs & Gallipoli.
Ditto OCs & Jutland
In Memoriam
Updated the Lost at Sea List ot v 87
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2017 Jan 28th
| A Career @ Sea
Added a completely updated version of the article OCs & the Gallipoli Campaign.
Added our 1015th shipping co: Harris & Dixon (Durbin), Union Gvt Transport (Cape Town) (Selby)
Added our 284th armed service unit: Bermuda Contingent, Royal Garrison Artillery (Wallington), Malay States Volunteer Rifles (Shepherd), Northamptonshire Regt (Prynne), Rhodesian Rifles (Lemon)
Image Archive
Now
has 11,230 entries after adding 105 new photos, cast lists and
reviews to the Concerts & Plays album. Also listed many new
concerts and plays.
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Donovan (1899-1901).
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2017 Jan 26th
| Image Archive
Now has 11,125 entries after adding 199 new images all viewable in Accessions
Added new albums for:
- Art - Stocker
- Art - Paterson
- Art - Rock Ferry
- Branch event Sydney 2016
- Club Dinner 2016
- Documents 1879
- National Arboretum Memorial
- RMYC Conway Training Room
Split the previous album "Crests, Badges & Ensigns" into three separate albums:
- Badges
- Crests
- Ensigns, Flags & Pennants
Still @ Sea List
Updated to show that Chriostopher Walsh has retired
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2017 Jan 25th
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Bibliography
Added seven books on architecture by T W West (41-42)
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Edward-Jones (34-35), Twin Holl brothers (53-55), both joined Elder Dempster Line, Pritchard (48-50), West (42)
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2017 Jan 24th
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A Career @ Sea
Shipping Cos:
Now 1013 entries after adding: Abu
Dhabi Defence Force (Warner), Al- Rafic Salvage & Towage (Fraser),
Argentina State Shipping Co (White), Bell Line (Brown), Burnet
Steamship Co (Bone), Cory & Co (Watson), Counties SS Co (Whyte),
Cross Channel Steamers Ltd (Mulroney), Dominion Lines (Barrows), East
African Railways & Harbours (Marine Branch) (Baker), Everett Orient
Line (Swift), Freeport Cruise Lines (Letty), Governmemnt of Tonga
Marine Service (Hibberdene), rvine & Johnson Trawlers (Cape Town)
(Barber-Stakey, Isles of Scilly Steamship Co (Bateman), J Howard &
Co (Carter), Kayes Tankers (Kemp), New Zealand Sea Products Export Ltd
(Huflett), Oregon Steamship Co (PIlcher), Pakistan National Shipping Co
(Hasan), Red Anchor Line (Shanghai) (Matinson), South African Harbour
Service (Drake), South African Railways & Harbours Marine Dept
(White), Thomas Law & Co (Carroll), W J Lockett (Liverpool) (Palmer), ZIM Israel Navigation Co (Millar)
Harbourmaster
Now 52 entries after adding: Ayr & Troon (Kay), Caernarfon, W Australia (Roberts), Port Headland (Monks), Port Lincoln (Jeffries), Port Price, Australia (Piggott), Thevenard, S Australia (Jeffries)
Pilots
Now 68 entries after adding: Adelaide (Piggott), Port Lincoln (Jeffries), Tripoli (Bindon)
Nautical Trg Establishments
Now 106 entries after adding: Bosham
Sea School (Mountford), Bradwell Sailing Centre (Gurnell), Bristol
School of Navigation (Lamb), Ghana Nautical College (Pattison), TS Arcadia (Mitchell)
Armed Svcs
Now 281 entries after adding: Abu Dhabi Defence Force (Warner), Bermuda Rifles / Regt (Couper), New Zealand Army Territorial Reserve (French), RAF - Gibraltar (Haydn & Burns), Welsh Guards (Green)
Bibliography
Added: History of the Practice of Navigation by Cdr J B Hewson (17-19)
In Memoriam
Other Medals: added Distinguished
Flying Cross (DFC) USA
Notables
Now 39 Commodores of Shipping Cos after adding: Brand (09-10) Canadian Coastguard Service, Evans RNR (17-18) PSNC, Pugh (26-27) Palm Line, Roberts (20-22) Canadian Pacific
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Howard (18-20), Lawson father and son (38-39) &
(65-69), Pugh father and son (26-27) and (56-57). Wilson brothers
(47-49) and (50-52), Woodger brothers (45-47) and (58-61),
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| 2017 Jan 23rd |
Art Gallery
Reformatted the Index pages to better present "Today" Images
In Memoriam - Other Medals/Awards
Added Chevalier Order of Star of Roumania, thanks Nicholson (07-09)
A Career At Sea
Added an all new, completely revised and fully illustrated copy of the article OCs & The Gallipoli Campaign.
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Hewson (18-19), Nicholson (07-09)
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2017 Jan 20th
| Bibliography
Added: John Twenty's Garden, a book of poems by T Heanley (1893-95)
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Allen (09-11), Bartlett (11-14), Boler (48), Bookless
(1899-1900), Cox (1898-1900), Crossland (1879-81), De Wet (09),
Drew (06-08), Francis (37-40),
Hanily (69-70), Hardiman (10-13), King (1891-93), Rostron (1885-86),
Sandys-Winch (40-42), Scully
(51-53), Standring (18989-1900), Stopfords (father and son), Suffian
(64-67), Unwin (1877-80), Wade (12-13), Webb (1860-62), Whyman
(20-21), Young (11-13)
A Career @ Sea
Added new feature OCs @ Gallipoli - an extended version of the feature in The Cadet in Spring 2016
Commodores RN
Added our 23rd naval Cdre - Medland in the RCN.
Shipping Cos:
Now 987 entries after adding: Ellerman Associated Line (BRANTHWAITE), Farrell Lines, USA(Griffiths), Flying P Line (Griffiths), Illwara & South Coast SS Co (Jackson), Maersk Supply Co (Davidson), Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Miners), Springbok Shipping Co (Cameron),
Pilot Services
Now 65 entries after adding:
Harbourmaster
Now 56 entries after adding:
Nautical Trg Establishments
Now 102 entries after adding: Coxwell's Sailing & Seamanship School
Armed Svcs
Now 275 entries after adding: US National Guard (Jacobus),
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2017 Jan 19th
| Bibliography
Added:
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Bucknall (17-19), Lalor (06-08), Staplton - multiple family links,
A Career @ Sea
Shipping Cos:
Now 981
entries after adding: Adela SS Co (Jefferies), All American Cables
& Radio Inc (Goodbody), Allen & Black (Pattison), British
Missionery Society (Arnott), British Phosphate Commissioners (Grice),
Canadian Cable Co (Pounder), Charlton McCullum & Co (Woolfeden),
Douglas SS Co (McAree), Eastern & Australian SS Co (Brodie), Fao
Bar Dredging Service, Iraq (hector), McDomsley Shipping Co (Smith), New
Era Shipping Co (Bottomley), Navigation & Coal Trading Co (Grice),
Nigerian Naval Defence Force (Pool Shipping Co (Potter), Queen's
Weather Service (Swanson), Southern Railways Cross Channel Steamers
(Hancock),
Pilot Services
65 entries after adding: Hokianga NZ (Brindle), Whyalla, S Australia (Piggott)
Harbourmaster
Now 46 entries after adding: Bermuda (Ross), Saigon (Crook), Mtwara, Kenya (Gow), Whyalla, S Australia (Piggott)
Nautical Trg Establishments
Now 101 entries after adding: King
Edward VII Nautical School, London (Ballard),New Zealand Gvt Training
Ship Amakoura (Brindle), Prince of Wales Sea Training Hostel
(Watt), RIN Officers Training School Ship (Passmore-Edwards), RN
Artificers Trg Centre, Torpoint (Chapman), Seamans Training Ship
Diparvardi (Hill), School of Navigation, University of Southampton
(Clark)
Armed Svcs
Now 274 entries after adding: Federation
Regt, Malaya (Taylor), Gurkha Regt (Walker), RAF - 2 Armoured Cars,
Palestine (Greet), No 2 Flying School, Digby (Warrington), No 3 Flying
School, Grantham (Coleman & Ellison, 3 Sqn , Grantham
(Garnons-Williams), 4 Sqn, South Farnborough (Stoney), No 5 Flying
School, Seeland (Russell), 9 Sqn Boscombe Down (Yool), 14 Bombing Sqn,
Amman Jordan (Greet), 15 Sqn, Martlesham Heath (Weblin), 23 Sqn, Kenley
(Garnons-Williams), 39 Bombing Sqn (Roberts), 45 Bombing Sqn, Helwan,
Egypt (Restall-Little), 54 Sqn, Hornchurch (Knocker), 70 Sqn, Hinaidi,
Iraq (Pickersgill), 99 Sqn Upper Heyford (Coleman), 101 Sqn (Bircham
Newton) (Haes), 204 Sqn, Cattewater (Rogers), 30 Sqn, Pembroke Dock
(Townshend), 246 Sqn, Lyneham (Arlington), 394 Maintenance Sqn,
Bulawayo, S Rhodesia (Rump), 501 Sqn, Filton, Bristol (Ellison), 503
Sqn, Manston (McDougall), 646 Signal Sqn, Scharfoldendorf (Powell), 651
Squadron, Norfolk (Rump), RAF Aden (Haes), RAF - Marine Branch
(Kilburn), Royal Canadian Engineer Corps (Main), Royal Canadian Navy,
Air Branch (Stokes), Royal Indian Navy Reserve (Jones-Bateman), Royal
Military Police (Blythe), Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (French), West Yokshire Regt (Gibson)
Emergency Svcs
Now 60 entries after adding: Peterborough Combined Police Force (Blythe)q
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2017 Jan 18th
| Bibliography
Added nine books by Col., R Bucknall (17-19) including Do
You Remember written and published in Shanghai 1928 and seven railway
books 1944-45 reprinted in 1970. Details sought for his book The Story of Palestine, 1914-1918.
The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Lalor (06-08), Marshall (1889-91),
A Career @ Sea
Shipping Cos:
Now 962 entries after adding Bombay & Persian Steam Navigation Co, (thanks Costage), Canadian National Steamships Ltd (thanks Creighton), Falkland
Islands Maritime Service (thanks Ardley), George Nisbett & Co
(thanks Hunter), Haldin & Phillips (thanks Brooking), Hugo Stinnes
& Co (thanks Palmer), Hunting & Son (thanks Galbraith),
Koninkijke Paketvaart Maate (thanks Dunning), Lago Oil Transport
Co (Aruba) (thanks Jones), Law Line (thanks Affleck), Lees
Trawlers (thanks Lees), London & North Eastern Railway (Ferries)
(thanks Beith), MacLey & MacIntyre Ltd (thanks MacKillop), Maindy
Line (thanks Redfern), Melonesia Co ltd (thanks Harding), Nigerian
Customs Service (thanks Purdon), Nyasaland Govt Marine Service (thanks
George), Persian Oil Co (thanks Hamilton-Hill), (Messrs) Tapscott
(Liverpool) (thanks Dowse),Transatlantic Steamship Line (thanks Tracey),
Nautical Trg Establishments
Now 94 entries after adding Druleigh Business & Technical College, Auckland, NZ (thanks West) and Watts Naval Training School (thanks Campbell)
Armed Svcs
Now 240 entries after adding Soudan Defence Force (thanks Spicer)
Police Svcs
Now 59 entries after adding Lewward Islands (thanks Heath)
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2017 Jan 17th
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The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Blencowe (1897-98), Delahay (1890-92), Guimareans (14-17), Headlam
(1887-89), Keating (16-17), Mee (18-20), Rust (15-17), Tait (06-10), Wadsworth (09-10).
Also added Sard Harker and Lord Jim who their respective authors say were OCs!
A Career @ Sea
Shipping Cos:
Now 941 entries after adding Byron SS Co (thanks Clark), Canton River Service (thanks Carpendale), China
Coast Service (thanks Connolly), Cocos & Freemantle Cable Co
(thanks Guinmareans), Denholme SS Co (thanks Babington), E Stephens
& Co (thanks Jago), Great Western Railway's Ferry Service (thanks (Goodchild), Imperial Oil Ltd (thanks Trewwek), Mount SS Co (thanks Hutchinson), S & J Thompson Ltd (Duncan), Thompson & Co (Newcastle) (thanks Peat), Welsford & Co (thanks Chadwick), Woods, Taylor & Brown SS Co (thanks Middleton), Z Line Trampships (S. America) (thanks Ardley),
Police Svcs
Now 58 entries after adding Ontario Provincial Police Service (thanks MacLauchlan)
Notable Achievements:
Army, Navy & Air Force (officers) Heavyweight Boxing Champion 1925 (Lister)
Chairman, Indian Merchantile Marine Committee (Delhi) 1924 (Headlam)
Commander, American Legion service Club, Oakland, CA (Solon). Inventor Delahay Davit Head Pin (Delahay).
Orange Farmer, Limoneira Ranch, Santa Paula, CA (Garnett).
Technical Staff
Added entry for Lt H Wadsworth
RNR (OC 1917-19)
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2017 Jan 16th
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The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Marette (47)
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2017 Jan 14th
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The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Ali (56-58), Benson (41-43), Bill (48-50), Bonney (42-44), Chadwick
(52-54), Griffiths (55-56), Haqskins (40-43), Howie (49-51), Hutchinson
(37-39), Jpones (39-41), Mountford (52-54), Newman (46-48), Olover
(21-22), Potter (51-53), Oxley (48-50), Ross (68-70), Stephens (48-50),
Thomas (45-46) and (47-48)
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2017 Jan 8th
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The Cadets List
Added
links/info for: Allen (55-56), Ashworth (54-56), Baker-Rogers (55-56),
Bellfield (21-22) and (57-60), Bligh (49-51) and (66-68),
Birchwood (52-53), Bresnen (56-58), Brooking 61-64), Brown
(50-51), Burn (55-57), Butterfield (68-73), Cain (55-56), Capstick
(46-48), Crellin (56-58),
Douglas (46-48), Gibb (46-47), Harrison (54-56), Holland (55-56),
Illingworth (41-43), Ireland (52-54), Jeffrey (54-56), Jones (55-56),
Kell (60-620, Kerr (47-49),
Knight (26-27), MacAlister (46-47), MacKenzie (55-56), McMillan (55-56), Magean (46-47), Martin (54-56), Millson (60-62),
Morehead (47-49), O'Donnell (26-28) and (66-68), Oldroyd (55-56), Phillips (40-42),
Potter (46-47), Pow (54-57), Preston (52-54), Purser
(45-48), Roach (49-50), Ruding (46), Scott D and H (52-54), Seedhouse (42-43),
Selby-Smith (41-42), Taylor (47-49), Torkington (57-58), Tubb (52-54), Wales (46-47), Williams (46-47),
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2017 Jan 1st
| Update History below
Moved all updates for 2016 to the historic list at top of page
The Cadets List
Added links for Genochio (55-57)
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