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Harsh Treatment at HMS Ganges My Theme for Remembrance
This is a brief account of the trials and suffering of a young shipmate who joined the Navy in Belfast with me on 14th March 1955. If you look at the photo he is at the front second on the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1955, Boy Seamen, boys into men, harsh treatment, HMS Ganges, proud ganges boy always., punishment, Rudyard Kipling, the poem IF
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HMS Ganges – Boys Training Camp
HMS Ganges the Boys training school of the Royal Navy,was the toughest training camp for young boys anywhere. The place where the Royal Navy turned boys into men. Turned them into the very best sailors in the Navy, they were … Continue reading
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Tagged Boy Seamen, breaks my heart., derelict, Ganges, gone forever, history, ipswich, london, lost era, Mast, shame, Shotley, tears, toughest ever, training camp
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