My wife dug up a chief stoker.

[Paddy]

Hi
My wife just dug up a chief stoker.
Well not literally, she is into her family history and this one came to light purely by chance.
She turned him up on the War Graves Commission and it appears that he died and was buried in Yokohama in December 1943. Problem for me is his ship is listed as HMS Sultan. I can not recall any Sultan other than the shore station but there must have been one in the Japanese war or he was a long way from home.
All experts, please help.
Paddy.

[SCRG1970]

Paddy

SULTAN was the Base at Singapore. Commissioned in 1940 and abandoned 11.02.42.

Is there a possibility that your relative was captured and a P.O.W ?

Regards

gerry

[Paddy]

Paddy

SULTAN was the Base at Singapore. Commissioned in 1940 and abandoned 11.02.42.

Is there a possibility that your relative was captured and a P.O.W ?

Regards

gerry

Thanks Jerry, that will be the answer.
Now she must look for P O W s in japan.

But he died in December 1943 so he may have died somwhere other than Sultan.
Its a pitty as I have spent time in Yokohama and could have looked for the cemetery.

Paddy

[Macadian]

Last time I did that, I ended up FFO tank cleaning:(
Never did it again...:cool:

On a serious note, best of luck with your research.

[Paddy]

Last time I did that, I ended up FFO tank cleaning:(
Never did it again...:cool:

On a serious note, best of luck with your research.

My memories of Yokohama revolv around Japanese baths and massage, suchi, geishas etc.

Paddy

[ceylon220]

Hi Paddy, I often regret while serving out in the Far East that I did not take time out to visit the War Graves in Hong Kong, S`pore, and Japan, now that I have retired my son and I often travel to the continent on battlefield tours and visit the War Graves of the WW1 & WW2, these lads and lassies should never be forgotten for the sacrific that they made, most of them in their teens,now we are loosing more in the Middle East and for what but for Bush and Blairs ego,a fight which we should never have got into,but others will no doubt disagree on this.

[Paddy]

Hi Paddy, I often regret while serving out in the Far East that I did not take time out to visit the War Graves in Hong Kong, S`pore, and Japan, now that I have retired my son and I often travel to the continent on battlefield tours and visit the War Graves of the WW1 & WW2, these lads and lassies should never be forgotten for the sacrific that they made, most of them in their teens,now we are loosing more in the Middle East and for what but for Bush and Blairs ego,a fight which we should never have got into,but others will no doubt disagree on this.

Amen to that Dave,
Wherever the wife and I go, we always search out the war graves.
You would think I would know better, I always leave with tears rolling down my face.

Paddy

[ceylon220]

Paddy, you are not the only one who shed tears at the War Graves and I did`nt mind who noticed it especially reading the inscriptions and seeing how young some of those lads were and I ask myself -was it worth the life of these service men when you look at the world today,makes you wonder does`nt it.

[Paddy]

Paddy, you are not the only one who shed tears at the War Graves and I did`nt mind who noticed it especially reading the inscriptions and seeing how young some of those lads were and I ask myself -was it worth the life of these service men when you look at the world today,makes you wonder does`nt it.

I often go down to the Victoria Country park in Netley ( Southampton water ), probalbly twice a year the caravan and camping club have a meet there.
It used to be the Netley military hospital during and after the Boar war.
The chappel , which was the centre piece of t he buildings is all that is leaft now and is turned into a musiem.

In a quiet part of the grounds is the cemetary, where those who did not survive rest.
It is not just the tender age of those who died that gets to me, lots of those in the Boar war died of disease , incubated in the conditions on board ship whilst returning home.

What brings a lump to my throat are the lines of stones, with groups of 6 or 8 or ten of comrades burried together. Sometimes a ships company, sometimes a group of German sailors, probalbly a U Boats crew, now sleeping peacefully together.
Can they teach us something.

Now the tears are running again.

Paddy.