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Updates in 2016

2016 Dec 14th
Still @Sea
Updated the list and associated entries in The Cadets' List, now 30 OCs still at sea.

2016 Dec 5th
Staff - Others
Relics
Added details and photos of a clock made by the carpenter Mr John Bullis Williams from ship's wood left over from making The King's Model.


2016 Dec 1st
The Cadets' List
Added  links for Buckler (01-03), Casey (05-07), Chard (36-39), Corbett (60-63), Davies (42-43), Denniongtron (72-74), Duff (14-15), Edwards, Fairley (47-48), Fraser (36-38) VC, Freke (1897-99), Griffiths (68), Hailstone (08-11), Lawrence (58-60), Lewis (23-25),  Lewis-Willimas (72-74), Lorraine (53-54), McKillop (62-64), Piggott (19-21), Saxby, Skinner (30-32) -Yangtze Incident, St George (45-47), Stocekley (68-72), Trepass (00-01), Warren (1892), Weate (59-61), Williams (42-43)


2016 Nov 24th
History - Original HMS Conway
Added details of a Mid'm 1814-16, William Arthur, Master's Mate 1819, George Birnie, Surgeon R.N in the 1820s and of an Acting Lt in 1821.

2016 Nov 15th
Friends
Added several fantastic rotatable 360 panoramas of the inside and outrside of the chapel
Outside 1and 2
Inside 1
Inside 2
Inside 3


2016 Nov 14th
Sea Career
Added our 929th shipping co, Dennison's Coasters (Kirkwall). Thanks to Alastair Brown 59-61

2016 Nov 9th
Home Page

Added congratulations to Robert Bellis for winning the z2016 UK Officer Trainee of the Year award

Lost At Sea

Published Version 83 with additional details and photos.

2016 Nov 3rd
Now have 10,926 images online so only 74 more needed to reach my target of 11,000. If you have any photos etc., please email them to me.

Art Gallery
Added new albums for:
-  The Wreck: 9 paintings/drawings, including some source photos.
Plas Newydd: 18 paintings/drawings . Several show how the original design was rebuilt in 1820 to create our end of the building. Note that originally the mess deck area was not roofed.
-  Artists Cornell, Jordan, Smith R  and Williams R.

Added new paintings of the ships to Ellis, Huggins, Russell-Flint and Williams I.
Updated the Conway 3 album so it now has twice as many entries


Image Archive
-  Added new photos for 1953 (postcard of the wreck), 1963, 1964 and 1969
-  Split Staff Album into albums for Academics, Capt Supts, Chief Offrs, Crew, Groups, Headmasters, Padres, Sick Bay and Technicals

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2016 Nov 1st
Books With Conway Content
Added China Station by  Michael Fenton - our 51st book with mentions of the ship, OCs or members of staff.

Image Archive
Added 22 new short videos of the 150th including 10 @ PN

2016 Oct 28th
The Cadets' List
Added  links for Ashworth (62-65), Bowley (1885-86), Brooke-Smith (34-36) GC, Chamberlain (1894-96), Cheshire (), Grey (28-30), Hughes (1892-94), Irvine (82-83), Irving AM( 1862-63), Jobling (1887-89), Lang (1889-1901), Lewis (1885-87), McKinstry (1876-78), Mesham (1891-93), Miller (24-26),   Rait (1888-90), Robinson (1882-83), Rostron, Stewart-Muirdale (1884-86), Warden (1882-83) includes a substantial update to his In Memorium Albert Medal entry

History - the original Conway

Added details of her Lt in 1819

History - Conway I
Added details of a crewmember joining on 1st Jan 1855 who later joined Nile

History - Nile

Added details of a crewmember joining on 29th Feb 1858 who was previously in Conway.

Medals
Added British South Africa Company Medal our 112th type of medal

2016 Oct 27th
The Cadets' List
Added  links for Greenfield (69-74), Hunt (30-32)

Members of Staff - Padres
Added  photos of Lambert(1898-9), Vickery (1943), Turner and vicar in 1910
Clarified years for Rev Lambert


2016 Oct 26th
The Cadets' List
Added  links for Bent (09-10), Bonner (89-01), Campbell (02-04), Dallas (10-11), Fraser (36-38), Hewitt (52-54), Lovell-Smith (46-48), Marr (22-24), Maunder (60-62), Rae (59-60),


Members of Staff - Padres
Added link for Rev Dennis B Hall.
Revisd layout.

Home page
Added new 3-D image of the ship

Queen's Gold Medal
Added details of the medal designer

History HMS Conway (in active RN service)
Added detaisl of crewman Willaim Wick 1857-58

2016 Oct 21st
Image Archive - Branch Events
Added details of the 2011 Singapore CWP reunion orgainsed by Nick Goodwin, and copies of several reunion programmes/documents

If you have photos or details of previous reunions please send them in.

2016 Oct 18th
Art Gallery
Now 10,418 images, 582 needed to reach my target of 11,000 so if you have any photos etc., please email them to me.

Added new links for Conway artists Andrew, Barnes, Birchill, Bottomley, Carter, Chitham, Clark, Coxwell, Daniel, Fisher, Goddard, Graham-Brown, Hook, Hughes-Stanton, Jerram, Kinghorn, Longbotham, MacKay, Mason, Mcvey, Minton, Nutman, Shannon, Shaw, Shoesmith, Strange, Thorpe, Tomson, Turner (no not that one), Vaughan, West, Williams, Worsnop.

Established that previous OC Artist "TMG" was Goddard, Frater was Fisher, Longbottom was Longbotham, that the two entries under Turner were by Turner W and Turner WL (different years) and that Rodmell was not an OC

Added new Conway artists Wade, Walgate

Added new video clip from 1928 of Liverpool's Wedding With The Sea showing Conway cadets. Now 44 videos

2016 Oct 17th
The Friends of HMS Conway

-  Updated the list of Officers and Trustees.
-  Split the masts page into two parts to show the Egerton Dock memorial mast and the original topmast now in St Mary's Tower.
-  Added two new projects:

2016 Oct 12th
The Cadets' List
Added  a lot of links for Kerr (47-49)

Bibliography

Added entries for Kerr (47-49) and Lloyd (56-58)

2016 Sep 22nd
A Career At Sea?
Added links for Zambanski (Vivien) (1889-91).

Small Boats
Added details of sailing dinghy Seamouse purchased in 1926.

2016 Sep 19th
A Career At Sea?
Added links for Broadbent (1880--81), Davies (42-43), Ireland (52-54), Knight (26-27), Morton (33-35), Parry (42-44), Peto (41-43), Polglass (35-37),  Price (41-43), Ross (55-57), Sambrook (54-55), Saull (43-45), Shannon (61-64), Thomas (26-28)

2016 Sep 17th
A Career At Sea?
Added our
57th civilan uniformed service - Toronto Police Service thanks Harvey (48-50)

928th shipping co - Federal Line thanks to Krueger (09), Frank Krick & Co (India) thanks to Aylwin (05),
March Shipping (Montreal) thanks to Smith (40-42), Westcott & Lawrence (London) thanks Daw (07), also Patrick, Henderson & Co, Lane McAndrew & Co, City & Hall Line, John Cook & Son (Aberdeen), Coombes Marshal & Co (Middlesborough), J H Welsford & Co, Telegraph Construction & Maintence Co, Kellock & Co.

239th armed forces units: 216 Sqn RAF Middle East Africa, Australian Light Horse, Canadian Cavalry, 88th Canadian Infantry Regt, Deccan Infantry Regt, Derbyshire Yeomanry, Hampshire Regt,  Indian Air Force, Iniskilling Fusiliers, Liverpool Comrades, Loyal North Lancs Regt, Middlesex Regt, Royal Berkshire Regt, Royal Fusiliers, Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) Militia, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Sherwood Foresters, South London Regt, South Midland Mounted Brigade, Sportsmen's Bn, West Africa Colonial Force, West Kent Imperial Yeomanry,
Amoy Revenue Service Launch Sqn, 2nd Hyderabad Lancers.

2016 Sep 16th
The Cadets' List
Added  links for Adams (63-66), Baxter (61-64), Box (45-47), Carr (39-41), Collinson (61-63), Ferguson (35-37), Foster (53-56), Gomersall (53-57), Harrington (44-46), Herbert (38-40), Higgins (52-54), Hughes (39-41), Kingham, Jones (44-45), Lloyd (57-59), Major (40-42), Manton (47-50), Thompson (44-45), Trier Brothers (38-40), Walker (34-36), Ward (31-33), Walker (16-18), Wheeler (34-36)

2016 Sep 15th
The Cadets' List
Added  links for Ainley (29-32), Bailey (40-42), Bennett (58-60), Bigham (43-45), Brown (46-48), Buckler (01-03), Burke (08-09), Butterworth (41-43), Collick (55-57), Cornick (49-50), Davey (46-47), Dawson (56-58), Dodds (57-59), Doering (70-72), Eccles (42-44), Flint (52-54), Glyn-Williams (1893-95), Graves (29-31), Griffiths (33-35), Grist (39-41), Haile (50-53), Harbottle (57-59), Hardy (46-47), Harris (57-60), Harvey (48-50), Haywood (37-39), Heath (44-45), Higgins (53-55), Holdsworth (40-41), Holloway (46-48), Howe (28-30), Hume (37-40), Hunt (30-32), Hussell (40-42), Ishak (Ghani) (62-64), James (41-42), Johnson (36-38), Jones (48-49), Keen (46-48), Lindley (42-44), Martin (18-20), McAree (42-44),  Montague (47-48),  Moorhouse (22-2?), Morrish (33-35), Nelson (40-42), Newcombe (50-52), Oaks (53-55), Perry (53-55), Pritchard (53-55), Rankin (53-55), Redfern (65-66), Rigby (43-44), Rigge (32-35), Robinson (53-55), Seyman (43-44), Smith (40-42), Snell (28-30), Stevens (51-53), Stewert (45-47), Thomas (50-52), Twitill (41-43), Watson (09-11), Wilke (53-54), Williams (49-51), Wright (47-49)

2016 Sep 14th
The Cadets' List
Added  links for Allison (42-44), Booth (44-46), Brooke-Smith (60-63), Ditchfield (45-47), Fisher (43-45), Gale (49-51), George (42-43), Greenwood (43-45), Halliday (54-55), Harris (50-52), Hill (42-44), Jones (49-51), Massey (44-45), MacFarlane (52-54), Murrel (30-32), Pollock (62-64), Rushforth (54-56), Symon (39-41), Swift (31-33), Young (40-42), Wilcox (55-57)

2016 Sep 12th Lost at Sea
Several minor updates to existing entries. Now version 82 and 235 pages.

2016 Sep 2nd
The Cadets' List
Added  links for Olympian Donald Chapman (22-24)
2016 Jul 24
The Cadets' List
Added  links for Dearden (58-61), Drake (35-37), Gowing (51-52), Hewson (17-19), Langworthy (11-13), Lloyd (54-55), Reid (21-23), Wadsworth (08-10)

2016 Jul 22nd
Image Archive
Added 19 new photos taking the total to 10,397. Includes several new images of the figurehead under construction.

2016 Jun 10th
History of HMS Conway 1
Added deatails of a RM Lt who served in the North Sea in Conway circa 1832-33 "during our misunderstanding with the Dutch" whatever that was!

The Cadets' List
Added new links and photos for Stephen Esson (35-37), Homer (27), Joyce (20-22), Admiral Moore (10-12),

2016 Jun 9th
The Cadets' List
Added new links for Ben Hartley (1898-1900), lost at sea in WWI, and Bill Baker (1885-87) one of thre heroes of the Volturno

Lost at Sea
Updated entry for Ben Hartley (1898-1900)

2016 Jun 5th
The Cadets' List and Staff - Technicals
Updated E Howard Davies.

2016 May 31
OCs & The Battle of Jutland
Added an extended version of my article for The Cadet abojut OCs and th4e battle which was 100 years ago today.

Conways & Mountaineering
Added a detailed account of Co ways and their links with Snowdonia

2016 May 27th History Conway 1
Added minor new dates

History Conway 2 (Winchester)
Added over 40 new dates and locations details and two new paintings

2016 Apr 14th
Club Payment Portal
Added a new Payment Portal for The Conway Club. Use it for all your payments to the club.

2016 Apr 13th
Image Archive
Added 329 new photos - preview them all in the Accessions album. Now have 10,378 images online. There are new Albums for:
1960 Xmas Prize List
1961 Easter Prize List
1961 summer Prize List
1961 Summer Sports Day Programme
2016 Conway Crag Expidition
Art - Kilner
Reunion 1962 QBs in 2012 @ Deganwy
Today - Bryn Mel, Anglesey
Today - Llanedwin Church

The Cadets' List
Added link for Rogers

2016 Apr 11th
History
Added more data about the history of Conway, Nile (ours, earlier and later models), Winchester and "Other Conways"

2016 Apr 7th
The Cadets List
Added links for: Ali (56-58)

2016 Mar 31st
Staff
Added a new entry for Henry Michael Butler to Others.

2016 Mar 29th
Image Archive
Added new album for the Conway Crag Expedition 23rd March 2016

2016 Mar 20th
The Cadets List
Added links for: Henry (38-40)

2016 Mar 14th
The Cadets List
Added links for: Brookes (38-40), Dixon (68-70), Gumbrell (52-54), Kenyon (45-46), McCaugan (37-39), McGarr (53-55) and corrected his name from McGann, Parr (37-39), Sinclair (41-42), Webb (54-56)

2016 Mar 9th
The Cadets List
Added links for: Conlan (47-49), Methven (52-54), Robinson (53-54)

2016 Mar 8th
Bibliography
Added two books by Lance Mitchell (69-74)


The Cadets List

Added links for: Aspinall (42-45), Mitchell (69-74), Pilling (43-45), Thomas (62-64).

Thanks to Sean Minogue for Alder (1898-99), Alison (43-44)
Thanks to Frank Brown for Gaffney (09-11)


Lost At Sea
Removed Sam Pilling (43-45) from the list as I have now discovered that his body was recovered from the wreckage and he was  buried ashore at Singapore.

2016 Mar 2nd
The Cadets List
Added links for: Cobb 53-54,

2016 Mar 2nd
Conway Crag Expidition
Latest updated published

2016 Feb 29th
Diary
Updated. Thanks to Ken Huggins (66-70)

2016 Feb 26th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Bent (09-10), Robertson (52-54).

Staff - Academics
Updated entry for T J C Greenwood Thanks to Ian Robertson (52-54)

Added him to the list of longest serving members of staff.


2016 Feb 24th
Image Archive
Added a phenomenal 3D rendering of the ship produced by the grandaughter of an OC. She has used the Vietnamese model as the basis of her modelling so there are a few discrepancies but they are immaterial compared to the final result. It is simply stunning. It is in the left hand column - Film & Video

Home Page
Added details of this year's main social events

2016 Feb 23rd
Bibliography - Newspapers & Magazines
Added links for the Daily Mail and Shipping Today & Yesterday


The Cadets List
  
With the following links all Obituaries from all The Cadet magazine (1889 to 1974) have been added to the list:

Bell (58-60), Brabants (31-33), Broadbent (1880-81), Brooke-Booth (00-01), Brown (32-35), Burton (08-10), Calcutt (16-18), Campbell (07-11), Casey (05-07), Clowes (17-19), Colquohoun (23-25), Compton (1896-97), Cooke (07-10), Day (12-14), Dibb (1893-94), Dodds (09-11) and, Douglas (1893-95), Downes (00-03), Drinkwater (07-08), Duncan (16-18), Eadie (25-27),  Edwards (34-37), Everett (20-22), Ewing (21-22), Finlayson (06-09), Fletcher (29-31), Fleuret (34-36), Gracety (1899-1901), Gray (65-68), Green (21-23), Griffin (1889-91), Hales (35-38), Hall (27-28), Henderson (05-06), Jolly (18), Kerr (14-16), Kinear (26-27), Kinghorn (49-51), Lawson (00-02), Lewis (21-23), Lund (26-27), MacKay (36-39), Martin (16-17), Masefield (1891-94), Mavitty (29-31), Meakin (1899-1901),
Miller (57-58), Morland (1891-92), Moynet (59-61), Munro (35-37), Peirse (1873-75) & (05-07), Phillips (25-27),Reed (35-36), Russell (28-30), Shepherd (57-60), stevens (18-19), Stride (04-07), Stutt (61-65), Thomson (16-18), Webb (1898-1900), Williams (13-15),  Wilson (47-49), Wright (09-12)

Notables
Added Capt D Casey as our 35th Commodore of shipping companies.

Other Awards

Added Croce de Guerra (Italy), Grand Cross of Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands), Order of Polonia Restituta (Poland) thanks Peirse (05-07)

Added Volunteer Reserve Services Cecoration thanks to Williams (13-15)

Added links to descriptions of the awards listed.


Sea Career
Added our 40th and 41st pilot services - Rabaul, New Guinea thanks to Webb (1898-1900) and Port Harcourt, Nigeria thanks to Wilson (47-49)

Staff - Academics
Added entry and link for W Brereton

2016 Feb 22nd
The Cadets List  
Thanks to Saun Minogue for links for: Ahl (59-61), Aikman (22-24), Collinson (61-63).

Thanks to Frank Brown for Gaffney (09-11) - an excellent three part description of his life by Gaffney's son.



Added links for: Ali (56-58), Ashworthg (62-65), Bayldon (196-98), Beardmore (15-17), Beevor (18905-97), Bindon (55-58), Blackwood (16-18), Blencowe (1897-98), Broadbent (1880-81), Brown (20-22), Cooper (27-29), Corkery (55-58), Crowe (35-36), Dainty (19-20),  Dawson (56-58), Dobell (57-59), Dodd (26-27), Dowding (08-10 - huge list of links), Duncan (16-18), Dyett 900-03),  Edwards (60-61), Ellis (43-45), Evans (14-17), Fothergill (15-18), Frisby (29-31), Gasper (56-57), Gooch (25-26), Greame (20-22), Grey 928-30), Griffen (45-46),  Halfhide (05-07), Harper (18889-1901), Heanley (57-59), Horner (10-13), Hutson (63-65),  Ingram (01-02), Jackson (1897-99), Jobling (1887-98), Keeley (1899-1901), Kennett (18-20), Lane (14-16), Lee (61-63), Legg (40-42), Linekar (57-58), Lingard (1886-87),  Littlehales (1880-82), Lord (1898-1900), Mansfield (1895-96), Mason (1888-90), McDougall (26-27), McMeill (13-15), Moreland-Green (59-61), Murry (54-56), Ookergee (1895-97), Patterson (09-10),  Pinchbeck (17-18), Pode (16-18), Poyntz (02-03),  Prim (23-25), Richardson (56-57),  Riches (19-20), Rigg (58-61), Ross (18-19), Rushbrook (55-58), Sandell (55-57), Seabrooke (60-61), Sedgwick (46-48), Shaw (54-56), Simms (57-59), Spittelhouse (55-57), Sutcliff (1899-1901), Swann (58-59), Taylor (27-30), Teague (06-08), Thomas (60-61), Tomlinson (15-17), Trimmingham (23-25), Vaughan (1897-98), Williams (40-42) and (50-51), Worthington (1897-99).


Other Awards
Added Order of the Crown of Belgium thanks to Commodore J Dowding RNR

Sea Career - Training Ships
Added our 91st entry - British Sailors' Society (Limehouse), CO Sea Trg For Boys thanks to Commodore J Dowding RNR

Staff - Chaplains
Added obituary for Rev J F Spink Chaplain 1911-13

Staff - Technicals
Added onituary for McLeod


2016 Feb 20th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Ash (56-57), Bethell (59-61), Broderick (05-07), Campbell (07-08), Dodd (26-27), Doublas (1894-96), Edwards (44-46), Excell (56-58), Fardell (49-51), Foster (60-62), Hambleton (59-61), Hutchinson (36-38), James (41-43), Kettlewell (1899-1900), Lawrence (1899-1901), Moore (10-12), Morley (23-25), O'Neill (1886-87), Purser (45-48), Roberts (19-21), Salter (34-35), Smyly (01-02),  Spittalhouse (55-57), Wilson (58-60), Wood (56-58), Yeo (53-54), Young (1899-1901)

Staff - Technicals
Added obituary for Hutchinson

2016 Feb 19th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Gobbert-Jones (34-36), Hallmark (60-63), Hughes (1892-94), Kirkham (54-56), Pennington-Legh (61), Reade (18), Smith (1890-92), Taylor (1893-96), Thornton (21-23), Unsworth (08-10),

Thanks to Saun Miniogue for links for: Affleck (39-41), Agnew (1883-85) and (50-51),

Staff
Added a list of the six longest serving members of staff. The record is 49 years - 1913 to 1962 by Mr W "Simon" Shepherd, Assistant Steward till 1953 and then Nightwatchman.

2016 Feb 18th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Abbey (1898-99), Adcock (1896-98), Aldhouse (21-22), Anchor (09-11), Antrobus (44-46), Barham (53-55), Beckingsale (19-21), Bittles (08-10), Bottomley (26-28), Bowden (1884-87), Clarke (31-33), Clever (1885-87), Clibborn (1893-95), Clough (51-53), Clowes (16-17), Conway (45-46), Coward (17-18), Curwen (49-50), Day (54-56), Dean (06-07), Dons (33-35), Drew (02-03), Ford (1894-96), Fox (1899-1901), Gordon-Graham (15-17), Gun-Cunninghame (15-17), Haes (15-18), Hall (22-24), Hart (58-60), Hayes (53-55), Hayward (40-42), Healey (13-14), Holmes (17-19), Hook (42-44), Hutchinson (1899-1901), Irwin (53-55), Johnston (1887-89), Laycock (21-23), Lee (1899-1901), Letty (27-29),  Long (1897-99), Manton (47-50), Merriman (03-05), Milverton (52-54), Nanson (1898-99), Pretty (04-05), Roberts (59-60), Ross (16-18), Rowland (52-54), Scrivenor (02-03), Sly (20-22),  Steward (33-35), Swinnerton (22-24), Templeton (47-48), Thorley (56-57), Tremayne (1899-90), Tune (33-34), Watkin-Thomas (47-48), Watson (1899-1901) and (56-57), White (15-18), Whyte (13-15), Williams (06-08), Wilson (52-53) and (20-23), Woolwright (1888-90), wright (39-41),

Sea Career
Added 913th shipping co - United States Army Transport Service thanks to Melsome (1887-89).
Now 34 Commodores of shipping companies thanks to Anchor (09-11) and
Gun-Cunninghame (15-17)

Staff - Academics
Added obits for Creighton and Sutcliffe.

Staff - Others
Added entry and an obituary for Mr W "Simon" Shepherd Assistant Steward then Nightwatchman. Conway's longest serving member of staff from 1913 to 1962!

Staff - Technicals
Added obit for Cyril Lee.

2016 Feb 17th
Bibliography
Added three books by OC Dr Robert Scott Skirving (1875): Love & Longitude, Memoirs 1859-1956 and Our Army in South Africa.


The Cadets List
  
Added links for: Andres (50-52), Baker (1885-87), Barton (49-51), Bayliss (1887-89), Bickley (1899-1901), Biggs (18-19), Black (44-46), Boykett (01-03),  Brabant (18895-97), Brill (46-48), Brooke-Smirth (44-46), Buckley (1888-90), Cambridge (17-19), Campbell (1884-85), Carroll (23-25) and (30-32), Clarke (23-25), Collingwood (16-17), Collins (51053), Coran (54-56), Corkhill (44-48), David (29-31), Davies (44-46), Dearnley (53-54), Duncan (53-54), Echavarria (1883-85), Elliott (1888-90),  Evans (50-52), Ferguson (53-55), Gillibrand (54-56), Gomersall (53-55), Gray (42-45), Griffiths (52-54), Hardy (13-14), Hodgson (40-43), Ireland (52-54), Irving (1892-93),  Johnson (02-04), Jones (02-04), Laidlaw (01-03), Leigh (1886-88),  Linsley (52-54),  Lloyd (54-55), Lockwood (45-46), Major (38-40),  Marr (22-24), Mathyer (44-46), Menzies (44-45), Meyer (48-50), Millward (41-42),  Mouncey (48-50), Muirhead (03-05),  Nelson (40-42), Newdigate (1895-97), Newton (1889-91),Nicholson (1878-81), O'Byrne (41-43), Openshaw (1886-87), O'Sullivan (1896-98), Patterson (09-10), Pearse (1882-83), Postlethwaite (45-47), Rattray (06-07), Ries (51-53), Robinson (1886-87), Rowland (52-54), Russell-Flint (33-35),  Russell-Smith (51-53), Scott (41-43),Selby-Smith (43-44), Skirving (1875), Stocks (40-43), Strange (48-50), Stubbs (28-29), Studd (09-11), Taylor (50-52), Thomas (24-26) and (29-31), Todd (17-18), Tomson (29-31), Ward (53-55), Warwick (54-56), Waugh (54-56), Wedgewood (52-54), Whitehouse (52-54), Whiteley (48-50), Wilkie (53-54), Wilkins (53-55), Williams x 3 (54-56) and (50-52),  Williams-Ffowes (52-53), Williamson (24-26), Wilson (54-56), Witty (46-48), Wood (51-53), Wylie (44-45),

Sea Career
Now 912 shipping companies:  Ivanovic & Co Ltd thanks to Davies (40-42) and J Latter Shipping Co thanks to Johnson (02-04)
Added President MacArthur Concrete Pile Co USA thanks to Newton (1889-91) and Commissioner of Scouts, San Francisco, thanks Robinson 191886-87)



Staff - Sick Bay
Added obit for Sister Parry

2016 Feb 16th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Agnew (1883-85), Austin (35-37), Barber (1882-84), Barnes (09-11), Blampied (18-20), Brooke-Smith (34-36), Brown (1880-82) & (52-53), , Bucknall (17-19), Donaldson (58-60), Drew (02-04), Edmondson (42-44), Farewell (1883-85),  Fitzgerald (44-45), Fletcher (40-43), Gibson (35-38), Gillespie (1889-91), Hardie (23-25), Hargreaves (19-21), Harris (08-12),  Hemphill (41-43), Hogge (19-20), Johnson (40-43),Jones (39-41), Lang (1896-97), Leigh (36-37), Littlewood (20-22), Lucas (1882-84),MacGregor (08-10), Major (12-14), Mckay (15-18), Morgan (18-19), Paterson (07-09), Radley (51-53), Rogers (43-45), Saull (43-45), Skirving (1875), Swabey (20-22), Taylor (19-21), Walker (47-49),White (43-45), Widdows (46-47), Witt (43-45), Woodcock (47), Yates (72-74)

Sea Career - Armed Forces

Added Australian Army Medical Corps thanks to Maj Gen G Barber (1882-84). Our 212th unit.

Staff - Sick Bay
Added Dr J Wilson-Reid

Staff - Technicals
Added entry for Mr A  Sivell

Staff - Management Committee Members
 Added entry for Capt A O M Cooper

2016 Feb 15th
Members of Staff- Academics
Added background for Kearsey

The Cadets List
  
Added links for: Haigh (1941-43), Pow (47-49)

Thaks to Donnie Campbell for: Hallmark 62-65).

Thaks to Dave Donaldson for: Dabner (60-61), Dagge (1876-78), Ferris (1888-89)

Thanks to Peter Hamer for: Haddock (1875-77) - lots of links

Thanks to Bob Frost for: Pow (54-57)

Thanks to Sean Minogue for: Acheson (1877-79), Adams x3 (1876-78), (1879-81 and (1883-85)., , Clarke (1886-88), Cocks (1889-90), Collins (1868-70), Duff (47-48), Haigh (1861), Hamilton (1896-98), Harris (50-52), Holroyd (1851-54), Lapage (1859-61), Paxtin (1885-87), Perceval (45-47), Strickland (1860-62), Swaine (1862-63), Wilkinson (1889-90),


In Memoriam - Other Conflicts
Added Abysinnian Campaign of 1868 thanks to Lapage (1859-61)

Lost At Sea
Added Paxton (1885-87) lost in peacetime.

Sea Career - Shipping Cos
Added our 910th companies - Ocean Line and Star Line thanks to Lapage (1859-61)


2016 Feb 14th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Dunham (61-64), Edwards (60-62), Hare (64-66),

Thanks to Sean Minouge for Abbey (1898-990), Abbott (42-44)
2016 Feb 14th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Dunham (61-64), Edwards (60-62), Hare (64-66),

Thanks to Sean Minouge for Abbey (1898-990), Abbott (42-44)
2016 Feb 13th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Alsop (07-09), Bobbin (43-45), Bonner VC (1899-1901), Brooke-Smith (334-36), Brydges (46-48), Carre (1886-88), Drury (1895-96), Fontannaz (06-08), Griffin (1889-91), Hooper (1893-94), Horne (27-29), McReynolds (13-15), Monk (41-42), Pilling (43-45), Richardson (00-02), Warren-Evans (41-43), Watkins (07-09), Wyndham (1878-81)

2016 Feb 12th
Bibliography 
Added The Voyage Alone In The Yawl Rob Roy to books with Conway content

2016 Feb 11th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Delaney (60-62), Rogers (19-21)

2016 Feb 9th
Bibliography
Added links for: TEWB Browne

2016 Feb 8th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Born (62-66), Fraser (36-38), Huxley-Jones (65-67), Massie-Taylor (63-67)
Corrected entry for Sheperd to Shepherd

2016 Feb 4th
The Cadets List  
Added links for Harry Himes RCA. I cannot find much about him or his Conway years but The Cadet published his Obituary ands was quiet clear he was an OC. Any informattion about him would be appreciated.
Added links for Rick Foster (60-61) and Matthews (52-54)

2016 Feb 3rd
Home Page
Added a photo of the Conway Crag expedition plaque and an update on the event.


2016 Feb 2nd
Image Archive
Now has 10,138 entries

Added document describing the recovery in 1987 of the anchor now on Caernarfon promenade.

Added Now & Then Photo of Peter Beverage

Added two new photos of the Ship - Mersey    1909a and 08a



2016 Feb 1st
A Career At Sea
Added our 90th sea training body - C&C Catamaran Charters (Pensacola, FL) thanks Troughton (59-62)

The Cadets List
  
Added links for: Potter (09-11), Troughton (59-62)

2016 Jan 27th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Monks (40-41), Roberts (59-61), Tonge (59-61),

2016 Jan 26th
Lost At Sea
Added a greatly extended entry for Littlehales (1880-82) and an updated entry for Mills (1888-89).

2016 Jan 22nd
A Career At Sea
Added to 'Notable Achievements':  Chairman, Darjeeling Tea Co (thanks to Steward (1894-96)),

The Cadets List  
Added links for: Bayer (41-43), Brooke-Smith (1893-95), Ferns (42-44), Gibson (35-38), Gray (46-47), Lowe (48-50), MacDonnell (1894-95), Menzies (44-45), Pennington (07-09), Shenton (1885-87), Shiel (1896-98), Skinner (31-32), Steward (1894-96), numerous for Unwin VC (1877-1880), Velley (1889-90)

2016 Jan 21st

A Career At Sea

Now have 908 Shipping Cos after adding:
-  Iraq Petroleum Company and Lake Tankers (Venezuela) Thanks to Hutchinson (37-39)
Royal Dutch Shell thanks to Baker (72-74)
-  State Shipping Service (Western Australia) thanks to Stephens (48-50)

Added
to 'Notable Achievements': Master, King Faisal's Royal Yacht. Thanks to Hutchinson (37-39)

Added 96th nautical training establishment: Tisand
College, Dept of Nautical Studies - thanks to Oxley (48-50)


The Cadets List  
Added links for: Barnet (18-20), Brown (50-51), Hutchinson (37-39), Lumbers (64-68), Winter (71-73), Wright (62-65)


Club AGM Minutes
Added 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014 and, the most recent, 2015


2016 Jan 20th
Image Archive
Added 27 photos click on Accessions in the link above to view them all. We now have 10,127 entries in the archive. Thanks to Tim Dunn (58-60) for the reunion photos and Glynn Evans fro the Conway Boat race images.

2016 Jan 14th
The Cadets List  
Added links for:  Agutter (15-17), Band (03-06), Barclay (1875-77), Bieneman (1889-91), Blair (47-48),  Butt (1892-93), Carey (1897-99), Craven (1885-87), Dickinson (48-49), Drake (35-37), Euman (1899-1900), Fountaine (28-31), Keatinge (1887-90), Lightoller (1882-83), Lovegrave (1890-92), MacGregor (08-10), Mudford (11-12) and (12-14), Peto (41-43), Shiel (1898-1900), Smith (1898-1900), Thurgood (47-49), Walker (44-46), Watson (18-189), Wilson (05-07), Winterbotham (25-27), Yardley (08-10),

Sea Career
Added our 39th harboumaster - Dun Laoghaire thanks to Shiel (1898-1900)

Staff - Others
Added Mr Roberst Victualling Superintendent 48-56.

Staff - Padres
Added link for Rev Lelie Parker

2016 Jan 13th
A Career At Sea
Added Commissioner of Irish Lights thanks to Park (1895-97)

The Cadets List
  
Added links for:  Anderson (16-18), Barker (20-21), Barton (1894-96), Beaver (06-08), Bernier (36-38), Blackburne (39-41), Collins (07-10), Conlan (29-31), Craven-Phillips (25-27), Crossland (1879-81), Cussons (22-24), Davidson (16-18), Dove (00-02), Dowie (40-420, Earl (1883-85), Golby (22-24), Gurney (33-36), Haddock (1875-77),  Kinloch (1891-93), Lendrum (02-04), Major (40-42), Moore (42-44), Murray (1867-69), Page (40-42), Sherwell (18-20), Spill (43-44), Swetenham 34-38)


2016 Jan 11th
Bibliography - Other Authors
Numerous corrections and additional data to books already listed

The Cadets List
  
Added links for:  Bennett (32-33), Bolton (23-24), Bonner (1899-1901), Connolly (39-41), Crabb (23-25), Dickinson (30-32), Duncan (1876), Fox (13-16), Fraser (38-40), Goold-Adams (1871-73), Haddcok (1875-77), Hazleton (37-38), Hunt (30-32), Johnstone (54-56), Morris (16-18), Shaw (54-56), Thompson (39-41), Treweek (00-01), Webb (1860-62), Westgarth (1898-1902), Willams (05-06)

2016 Jan 9th
OC Artists, Authors & Film Directors Update

Bibliography
Added two new art books by Russell-Flint (33-35)
Added covers for two of Hutson's books.
Added two architecture books by Chitham (49-50)

The Cadets List
  
Added links for: Fisher (19-21), Hughes-Stanton (15-18), Mason (1898-90), ), Russell Flint (33-35), Shoesmith (06-08), Strange (38-39)

Image Archive - OC Artists

Added new entries for Mason, Russell-Flint


Others
Sea Career   added Chairman of the Register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation thanks Bob Chitham (49-50).

2016 Jan 8th
The Cadets List  
Added links for: Armistead (31-33), Balden (42-44), Beasley (16-17), Beavis (1880), Becher (1867-68), Boomer (41-42), Bowker (22-24), Cox (05-09), Dobbin (30-32),Douglas (1893-95), Dutton (1882-84), Edge (1899-1901), Ewebaqnk (39-41), Fielding (33-35), Godwin (1893-95), Gomperts (60-63), Headlam (1887-89), Hibbert (39-41), Hind (1885-86), Holden, Hunt (30-32),Imrie (1895-97), Lickfold (23-25), Long (1879-81), MacKenzie (06-08) and (41-42), McClement (04-06), Mckinstry (1876-78), Mead (41-43), Morris (16-18), Poole (00-04), Ridgway (1885-87), Robinson (28-29), Roe (22-24), Swift (31-33), La Touche (1873-74), Street (1883-85), Vine (1881-83), Wilsden (1889-90), Wittup (10-12), Woodall (21-23),

Bibliography
Added a recently re-published book by J F Ruthven (1864-65)

Notables
Added W H Poole (00-04) as our 32nd Commodore RN/RNR

2016 Jan 7th
The Cadets List  
Added links for:  Green (49-51), Hambleton (59-61 & 63-66), Hewson (18-19), Jackson (1897-99), Nutman (50-51), Peterson (19-20), Reeders (44-46), Robinson (1886-87), Rushforth (54-56), Sanders (16-18), Stocks (63-66), Tweedie (62-64), Walbran (1862-64), White (44-46), Wilson (20-23)

Staff - Captain Superintendents
Added Obituaries for: Mowll

Staff - Presidents of Mgt Committee
Added obituary for Holt

Staff - Technicals
Added obituaries for Burfit, Murphy, Tozer

2016 Jan 6th
The Cadets List  
Added links for:  Fletcher (17-19), Godwin (1893-95) - my thanks to the Godwin family

2016 Jan 5th
The Cadets List  
Added links for:  Bencke (1893-95), Cafferta (1893-95), Calvert (1894-95), Drury (1895-96), Godwin (1893-95), Hamilton (1893-95), Mackae (1893-95), Nevin (46-48), Thomson (1893-97), Whittam (1894-95),

Glynn-Williams (1893-95) updated and moved from W to G

A Career At Sea
Added new shipping companies: Canterbury Steam Ship Co, Farracoe Shipping Co, Purvis Shipping giving us 904 shipping companies. Thanks to Nick Gillibrand (54-56).

2016 Jan 2nd
The Cadets List  
Added links for:  Gardner (03-04), McMillan (55-56)

Image Archive
Added booklet commemorating the 2006 reunion of 1956 QBs

2016 Jan 2nd
The Cadets List  
Added links for:   Hutchinson (37-39) and Woodland (60-62)

 
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