What ship is Joseph Fox pictured on

[alffox]

Joseph Fox joined the Royal Navy in 1923 and was discharged on 27th September 1945 as Master at Arms. Can anyone identify the ship he is pictured on. He served on Battleships "Marlborough" - "Emperor of India" and Warspite. On Cruisers "Renown" and "York" and Aircraft Carrier "Hermes". Two photographs at different times of his career - was he on some kind of ceremony with the sword?

[tinduck]

This would be the battlecruiser [not cruiser] HMS Renown.

Dave

[jbryce1437]

Not sure if he was on some sort of ceremony with the sword, but I believe that a Master at Arms is the only Lower Deck rating permitted to carry a sword. He may have just been posing for a photograph in his full dress uniform. He would only have been a Master at Arms (wearing his Chief Petty Officers uniform) in the second photograph. He is wearing a Petty Officer's uniform in the first pic.

[Batstiger]

You are correct in your assumptions Jim.

Bob.

[chris westwood]

You are correct in your assumptions Jim.

Bob.
the triple four inch are the give aways, and maybe the badges on the tompions

[tim lewin]

The Marlborough, mentioned as a posting of Joseph Fox, was involved in an interesting incident at the end of the First War; on the occaision of the Russian Revolution and the abduction of the Tsar's imediate family George V was very concerned for the rest of the family most of which were still in their summer homes on the South Crimean Coast around Yalta. He despatched the Marlborough to rescue them, after initially refusing the family was embarked and she returned to Britain with more than 100 members of the family and close aides doubtless saving their lives. The closest relatives, remember our King and the Tsar were related, were accomodated in Hampton Court. Two of the young Romanov princes then grew up to join the RN in WW2, another cousin, Golitsyn (Galitzine) served with consumate success in the RAF as a fighter pilot. One of the Romanov's still lives in California. Ironic that in 1945 Churchill, who was a Marlborough, shoul return to Yalta to sign the Treaty that created the Europe we have all grown up in.

The Marlborough rescue is covered on the web and easily found; i wonder if PO Fox was there? Does anyone have any pictures of this incident?

Tim

[tim lewin]

just noticed he joined in '23 so of course would have missed the Marlborough rescue, shame..it would have been in 1917 or 18, i think early '18

[alanbenn]

Having looked at the badge on the gun tampions although blurred it shows enough for me to believe the ship to be 'Renown' you can just about see the torch surrounded by a wreath.

Regards
Alan

[Batstiger]

The Marlborough is mentioned a few times in this thread so I thought I would post a picture of her.

Cheers, Bob.