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HMS Pembroke
HMS Pembroke was a Royal Naval shore base at Chatham, it opened in 1903 and closed in 1984. Today the buildings are part of the University of Greenwich, Medway Campus. 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. The person may not have physically been at the location of the base during the dates shown on records, they are often at another port or in transit on a ship to which they were not assigned as crew.
- HMS Pembroke I was an accounting base at Chatham from 1940 to 1960.
- HMS Pembroke II was an accounting base at Chatham from 1940 to 1957.
- HMS Pembroke III was an accounting base at London and various outstations from 1942 to 1952.
- HMS Pembroke IV was an accounting base at the Nore from 1939 to 1961.
- HMS Pembroke V was a secret base at Bletchley Park from 1941 to 1945 and an accounting base in London in 1945/6.
- HMS Pembroke X was the headquarters of the Royal Navy Patrol Service at Lowestoft in 1939/40.
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SPO. Victor Leopold Burnley HMS Pintail (d.10th Jun 1941) My grandfather was Stoker Petty Officer (SPO) Victor Leopold Burnley, aged 34 years old in 1941. Victor was killed on HMS Pintail on the 10th June 1941. He also served on the following ships in 1939 to 1941, HMS Emerald, HMS Pembroke, HMS Sussex.
I have also been able to establish a little more detail about the events around the sinking of HMS Pintail: On 10th June 1941, the Harwich based patrol vessel HMS Pintail was escorting a convoy near 62-Bouy, some 30 miles off the Humber, when steamship Royal Scott detonated an acoustic mine, blew up and sank. Pintail immediately dashed to the scene to help in the rescue, but she was also caught by an acoustic mine close to the steamship. HMS Pintail blew up and was lost almost immediately, instantly killing her CO Lieutenant McClintoch, six officers and 48 ratings. HMS Quantock a destroyer came to the scene and managed to save 22 crew from the water. The location of the ship is 28 miles East south east off Spurn Point.
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Tel. Cecil Hubert Row H.M.S. Ferve Cecil Rowe signed up for the Navy on 18th of December 1942.
He was initially on the Collingwood and then on other ships through to 18th f June 1946. He was a Telegraphist on Scotia, Pembroke, and Fervent.
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John Charles Wilkinson HMS Kestrel I have found my father's certificate of service and his first ship is named HMS Raleigh. He was on this from 13 October 1943 to 21st Dec 1943.
Jack Wilkinson was aged 17 years 7 month when he enlisted. He then went on:
- HMS Drake from 12th Dec to 7th Jan 1944.
- HMS Kestrel 8th Jan 1944 to 15th May 1944.
- HMS Drake 16th May 1944 to 25th May 1944.
- HMS Ferret
- HMS Pembroke
- HMS Buchian ?
- HMS Golden Hand
- HMS Dullisk Cove,
- HMS Manxman
- HMS Martello and finally
- HMS Eskimo from 22nd Jan 1947 to 19th May 1947
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AB. Frederick Arthur Roper HMS Pembroke We applied for Frederick Ropers's naval records. He served on HMS Pembroke between 28 Sept 1938 and 13 May 1946 with spells on other ships. HMS Pembroke was his main ship. He told us that he was torpedoed several times and was missing for several months presumed dead. After one mission, he turned up in Coventry after being given a lift from Chatham having swum under oily seas in battle.
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Ldg.Sea. Stanley Simmons HMS Pembroke Stanley Simmons was my father. He served on HMS Pembroke and HMS Kipling before transferring to HM submarines. He was wireless operator on HMS Otus, P554 and HMS Volatile.
He was also in what was probably the best WW2 submarine propaganda film, Close Quarters. He survived the war.
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Able Sea. Hugh Simpson HMS Pembroke (d.13th Oct 1944) Hugh Simpson was a distant relative of mine who must have been very distressed because he committed suicide on 13th of October 1944 by drowning himself in Chatham South Dock.
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L/Sea. Harold Barlow HMS Galatea Harold Barlow joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in 1933 and served on the following ships during WW2, HMS Drake, HMS Nile, HMS Pembroke, HMS Galatea and HMS Highflyer.
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Able Sea. John McLean HMS Quebec My father, John McLean voluntarily enlisted in the Royal Navy on Thursday 14th of November 1940.
My mother relayed a funny story and said that my father left home early in the morning on the 14th to go to get some milk from a local shop and didn't return until early evening. When my mother, who was obviously upset, asked him where he had been, he proudly told her he had enlisted in the Navy and would be leaving the next day.
His service record shows that his first posting was at HMS Collingwood followed by HMS Pembroke, Northney, Quebec and HMS Copra and was released from service in January 1946. I have little information about my father's service as he passed away in 1955 when I was only 9 years old.
My mother told me that my father had been on a landing craft during the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Normandy.
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AB. Francis Lyons HMS Pembroke My Dad, Francis Lyons served on an LST. I have just found his naval discharge papers and service history. I did not know anything about this at all. He kept it very quiet as did many of these brave men.
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James Tytler Fowler HMS Pembroke My great granddad, James Tytler Fowler served on HMS Pembroke 5th of December 1939 to 6th of March 1940.
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Ldg.Wren. Lily Lees Lily Lees was a Leading Wren in the Royal Navy. She completed her training at Mill Hill and after finishing her first posting achieved her rank of Leading Wren. She spoke often of her postings, the friends she made and her role as a writer having served in a number of Royal Navy posts including:HMS Bruce, HMS Drake2, HMS Ferret, HMS Jackdaw and HMS Pembroke.
At the date of writing, Lily Lees is 93 years old, but sadly very ill in a nursing home. Personal effects covering Lily's naval career have been recently re-discovered and the information shared.
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Edward William Richbell HMS Pembroke Edward Richbell served in HMS Bristol, HMS Ganges, HMS Swiftsure, HMS Highflyer, HMS Mayma, HMS Lanka, HMS Tragina and HMS Pembroke.
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Ord.Sea. George Edward Francis HMS Europa My father George Francis served in HMS Collingwood 23/06/1942 - 20/09/1942,
HMS Europa 21/09/1942 - 28/09/1942
HMT Marshal Soult 29/09/1942 - 05/10/1942
with the Trawler Relief
Pool.
New Comet 06/10/1942-24/03/1943 lent to Shrapnel 18/12/1942 - 11/02/42 then returned to
HMS Europa 25/03/1943 - 15/06/1943, HMS
Claverhouse 16/061943 - 07/09/1943
with the Trawler RP.
HMS MM86. 08/09/1943 - 14/09/1943 then HMS
Claverhouse 15/09/1943 - 07/10/1943. He then returned to
HMS Europa. 08/10/1943 - 24/03/1944 and was lent to Pembroke 22/12/43 - 26/01/44. Returned to HMS
Claverhouse. 25/03/1944 - 14/08/1944 and was lent to HMS Lochinvar 27/05/44 - 14/08/45.
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