milford_lass Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 information on GEORGE HOWDEN born in 1879 preston yorkshire, i found him through my family tree research, on a census i have he was on HMS Pembroke, at first i thought he was based at the naval facilty at pembroke in pembrokeshire, but on looking again in 1901 he was at chatham dockyard, would he be based here at the time?? i have looked for pictures of the ship, but to no avail, after finding a website about HMS Pembroke and chatham docks he may not have been aboard ship could have been ill am quite confused. shirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 information on GEORGE HOWDEN born in 1879 preston yorkshire, i found him through my family tree research, on a census i have he was on HMS Pembroke, at first i thought he was based at the naval facilty at pembroke in pembrokeshire, but on looking again in 1901 he was at chatham dockyard, would he be based here at the time?? i have looked for pictures of the ship, but to no avail, after finding a website about HMS Pembroke and chatham docks he may not have been aboard ship could have been ill am quite confused. shirl Hello Shirl, H.M.S. Pembroke commissioned as naval barracks [afloat] at Chatham 1st April 1873. The naval barracks [ashore] were commissioned 30th April 1903. Hope this helps Arthur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stan johnson Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Chatham Barracks...H.M.S.Pembroke. During its active life. It closed in 1984. However it has been going under a lot of refurbishment recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 22 January , 2008 Share Posted 22 January , 2008 Welcome to the forum Shirl Is this his service register? You can download it online for £3.50 or for free at Kew or the Family Record Centre. Name Howden, George Official Number: 296730 Place of Birth: Holderness, Yorkshire Date of Birth: 09 May 1878 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milford_lass Posted 23 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 23 January , 2008 Hello Shirl, H.M.S. Pembroke commissioned as naval barracks [afloat] at Chatham 1st April 1873. The naval barracks [ashore] were commissioned 30th April 1903. Hope this helps Arthur aww thank you arthur for your information i had hoped it was a ship being as i am from pembrokeshire bless you shirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milford_lass Posted 23 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 23 January , 2008 Chatham Barracks...H.M.S.Pembroke. During its active life. It closed in 1984. However it has been going under a lot of refurbishment recently. thank you stan for this picture i can put it on my family tree where great uncle george is placed as i do not have a picture of him, bless you shirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milford_lass Posted 23 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 23 January , 2008 Welcome to the forum Shirl Is this his service register? You can download it online for £3.50 or for free at Kew or the Family Record Centre. Name Howden, George Official Number: 296730 Place of Birth: Holderness, Yorkshire Date of Birth: 09 May 1878 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...p;resultcount=1 ohhhhhh am so ecited even though it may not be him because am not sure of his service record but am sending for the register as we speak, thank you so much, per xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milford_lass Posted 23 January , 2008 Author Share Posted 23 January , 2008 ohhhhhh am so ecited even though it may not be him because am not sure of his service record but am sending for the register as we speak, thank you so much, per xx Per i got a copy, he was on many ships, thought they only served on one, pembroke 2, goliath, rambler, spartiste, levithan?, bulwark and , well i hope these were ships ty shirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Soul Posted 23 January , 2008 Share Posted 23 January , 2008 Per i got a copy, he was on many ships, thought they only served on one, pembroke 2, goliath, rambler, spartiste, levithan?, bulwark and , well i hope these were ships ty shirl No - they tended to move around ships quite frequently. Most of the ones you have mentioned were the floating kind rather than the concrete type. If you need help deciphering his records send me a PM with your email address. Best wishes. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 23 January , 2008 Share Posted 23 January , 2008 In general, keeping it simple, seamen were with a ship for a commission; this was for only a limited number of years and then they moved on and the crew changed. Sometimes members of the crew stayed with a captain, this happened in WWI, for example with destroyers. Sometimes the crew of a ship would stay together longer than normal, this occasionally happened in WWI. If it is him, you can match the dates that he was on Pembroke, but there was only one GEORGE HOWDEN. Of course there could have been a transcription error which lost any others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nicwnacw Posted 20 May , 2008 Share Posted 20 May , 2008 I am sooooo glad I found this site, I have been lookig for HMS Pembroke for some while - only to discover that it was/is a shore station. I note that there was a post on here about an RN hospital in Yarmouth and that possibly there was an asylum these - I can confirm that a relative of mine was discharged to RN Hospital Yarmouth (after being at Chathm Hospital) as a 'dangerous lunatic'. I was wondering whether there was a known naval version of the familiar shell shock? I have found his date of death and wonder whether anyone would know if he would have been buried in a military cemetry or a civilian one? Sandra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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