HMS Conway

Updates in 2022 (most recent at the top)

Updates in previous years

Dec 20th	Cadets List Updated entries for Constantine and Cowie
Dec 13th	Cadets List Updated entry Newman
Nov 23rd	Slop Chest Updated List of Conway Slang
Nov 15th	Slop Chest Updated Number of Cadets
Nov 1st	Cadets List Updated entry Dutton
Oct 25th	Home Page Added new photos of sail drill in the ship in 1918
Oct 22nd	Cadets List Updated entry for Murray Sea Career Added BP Exploration, thanks Murray. Our 1049th shipping co.
Oct 21st	OCs & Mountaineering Updated with new entry for the 50's.
Sep 15th	Cadets List Updated entry for Carpendale
Sep 6th	Cadets List Updated entry for LI Miller List of Shipping Companies Added Rangoon - Coromandel Coast Service our 1051st shipping company, thanks to Miller
Aug 26th	Cadets List OCs Out of Africa Sea Career - Police Forces our 62nd entry Updated entries for Ridsdale. Thanks to Charles Lunn.
Aug 23rd	Cadets List Added more entries for 2x de Berry, father and son and Berry
Aug 22nd	Cadets List Updated entry for de Berry, thanks to Michael Bloy
Aug 19th	Cadets List More updates for Roughton
Aug 11th	Lost At Sea Updated entry for Combes
Aug 1st	Cadets List More updates for Roughton
Jul 4th	Cadets List Updated Newheasch, 3x Newman
Jul 1st	Cadets List Updated Roberts, Rowland and Roughton
Jun 12th	Cadets List Updated Ridsdale
Jun 10th	Lost At Sea Updated entry for Band.
Jun 4th	Cadets List Cadets Who Died in the Ship Updated entry for Ruding who died onboard
May 14th	Cadets list Updated entry for Firth-Bernard, Flynn, Forbes, Forster, Foster, Francombe, Furniss
May 10th	Cadets list Updated Coombs and Clark
May 5th	Lost At Sea Updated entry for Combes
Apr 26th	Cadets List Updated Heselton, Hinde and Holt
Apr 23rd	Shipping Companies Added Scottish Line, thanks Ruddell and Sinclair Anderson & Co Now 1,048 companies listed
Apr 19th	Staff Headmasters Update Barton Staff - Academics Updated Johnston & Light
Apr 18th	Cadets List Updated Rostron and Ruddell
Apr 13th	Cadets List Updated Warwick, White and Woolfenden Notables Added Woolfenden as our 41st Shipping Co Commodore
Apr 10th	Cadets List Updated Marr
Apr 5th	Cadets List Updated Thelwall
Apr 2nd	Cadets List Updated Irving
Mar 26th	Staff - Academics Add new nickname for Mr Heybourne
Mar 13th	Lost at Sea Cadets List Updated entry for Cullimore including a photo. Thanks to Michael Bloy
Mar 10th	Cadets List Updated Minns and Tony Williams
Mar 3rd	Home Page Added newly discovered sketches by Kinghorn
Feb 26th	Cadets List Staff - Mgt Committee Updated Burland
Feb 20th	Lost At Sea Added new entry for Hill (1866-68) lost in SS Aden Cadets List Updated entries for Berry, Dobbin, Goldsmith and Hill all involved in the loss of SS Aden and recovery of her crew and passengers.
Feb 11th	Cadets List Corrected entries for Sheldrick .
Jan 28th	Cadets List Corrected entries for Tiltscher.
Jan 19th	Cadets List Corrected entries for the Farrell brothers.
Jan 14th	Notables - Shipping Co Commodores Added our 40th Commodore and our 7th of the Cunard Line. Thanks to R V Peel (1890-92).
Jan 13th	Cadets List Added links and information for Peel RV and Marshall Longest Serving Cadets Added two longest found to date 54 months and 48 months respectively.
Jan 12th	OCs & The Falklands War Added a new entry for Matt Winter (71-73) so now 30 OCs known or believed to have served in the war. Cadets List Added his Falklands service to Winter's entry. Also updated Adams and Andrew (60-63)
Jan 10th	CMNT Cadets I am very please to announce that, with the support of the Conway MN Trust, I have added a new page to The Cadets' List for all 31 known CMNT Cadets. I think OCs will be very impressed by their achievements and pleased to see that Conway's good name is continuing in safe hands. Cadets List Added entries for Hamilton.
Jan 8th	Cadets List Added entries for Chodzko, Clark, Collinson, Cooke, Cope, Cowie, Craig, Crawley, Crick, Davis, De Berry, De Legh, Dibley, Donaldson, Drew, Drummond, Dutton, Egglesfield, Elliott, Ellison, Grace, Gregory. Sea Career Added No 13 Gp, No 14 Gp and 65 Sqn RAF giving 331 armed forces units, thanks Grace. Senior Officers Armed Forces Added our fourth Air Commodore thanks Grace
Jan 7th	Cadets List Added entries for Braithwaite, Brooke-Adler, Brown HCG, Brunt, Buckler family x3. Carroll brothers, Chadwick, Cherrioll, Christian-Edwards, Clayton
Jan 6th	Cadets List Added entries for Warren, Watkins, Watts, Weber, Weston, White, Wild, Winkler, JT Williams, Williamson, Witchell, Worthington, Wright Image Archive Added our 64th video clip and 11,477th entry in the Image Archive - Ted Worthington (47-49) on "How to Tie a Bowtie".
Jan 5th	Cadets List Added entries for Barker, Barras, Bevis, Bickley, Bingley, Bolton, Bowker, Admiral Boyle, Bremner, Briggs x2, Bryett
Jan 3rd	Lost at Sea Added our 295th OC lost at sea - Gibbon (27-28) KiA in WWII in SS Brittania. Updated the Kell brothers' entries Cadets List Added entries for Acraman, Allen, Atkins, Chippendale, Elliott, Farrell, Gibbon, Holden, Hutson, Kell x2, Nicholson, Petty, Scott, Strolin, Stuart, Thompson and Bil Warwick. Ship's History Added details of Conway geographical features named by an earlier HMS Conway. List is at the foot of the page
Jan 2nd	Sea Career Added our 70th Pilot at Port Hedland, W Australia. Thanks to Monks Staff - Sick Bay Added entries for Sister Szumska. Sea Career - Military Units Added our 328th unit the 3rd Armoured Car Sqn RAF (Iraq) commanded by Guard. Sea Career - Pilots Added Gizan Pilot our 71st - thanks Watts The Younger Sea Career - OCs Out of Africa Added new details and filled in several blanks Bibliography Added The History of Britannia which mentions Conway
Jan 1st	Cadets List Added entries for Brissenden, Burdett, Cox, Fisher, Hume, Lecoustre, McNab, Millar, Milward, Minns, Paul, Philp, Pym, Wright and Youde Staff - Headmasters Added entry for Carter. Staff - Technical Added entries for Burfitt, Lee and Ollerton. Staff - Academics Added entry for Edwards, Greenwood and Sanderson.
2021 Dec 29th	Updates Archived 2021 and started a new list for 2022.