SERIES 31.

Updated 14th February 2010

We Will Remember Them

This page is dedicated to those members of Series 31 who have passed on.


If anyone can add details to these names, I will add them, as a memorial to them

ANSON
ML GARROD
BW SWALLOW
DJ SMITH


BLAKE
F EVANS (Died 31st May 1959, HMS Collingwood)
NP GOUGH
BT JOLLY
RF STAINES

COLLINGWOOD

MICK HUBERY (Died 12th June 1973, whilst serving on HMS Sovereign)

RC BOND (Died 17th September 2009)
A STEWART
ME GEORGE (Died 6th December 2009)


DUNCAN

MD CANNON (Ex Series 30, joined us in Sept 58)

BL JENNINGS (Died 22nd Jan 2007)

EXMOUTH
JB CARSTAIRS (Died 28th June 1959 HMS Collingwood)

AD RANDALL
CR WATKINS



FROBISHER
DP HARRISON
AF WYATT

GRENVILLE

RJ BETTS

J GRANTHAM

DE WILLIAMSON (died 19th February 2009)

BG SKINNER (died 23rd October 2007, after a short illness)





HAWKE
HM MALTBY

John 'Coggy' Grantham

I received this story from Richard Eastwood, and thought it would serve as a fine obituary to a good man

I wanted to tell you a bit about the late John Grantham,who you may remember as "Chief Hook" of Grenville Div,and the same entry as you and Hugh.John died on the 25th of March,2005,after suffering from cancer.I first met John when I went to Parkstone Sea Training School,a Barnardo home,he,being a year older,was already there with Hugh,both coming from the Brighton and Hove area.John was an extremely bright and gifted boy,popular with Masters and other boys alike.I followed them to Fisgard,so they were in 4 class when I got there,John left to join Condor as an A/A app,became commisioned as an officer and flew helicopters.

He left the RN as there was little prospect of further advancment at the time.He worked as a pilot for the Saudi royal family,and also for Bristowes,serving north sea oil rigs.He lived on a small farm near Aberdeen,with his second wife Suzy,they kept highland cattle and he loved the area(see photo).I made contact with
him again,through the Friends reunited site in 2002.He drove down to where I live in the New Forest,in a Rolls Royce of course,and we had a great time (photo included).John was an inventor,he starred on a TV show hosted by Trevor Baylis,and among his many inventions was the "mindless" shopping trolley,ie.one that you could steer.

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John is 3rd from the left.



Still at Parkstone

John at Jupiter Point 1958


Coggy had style - with his Roller and Highland cattle on his small farm

John with Richard Eastward, (S34) in 2003



John as a Bristow pilot



The last picture of John (Coggy) Grantham

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