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Ian,
circa 1949 |
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Ian
was born in 1931 at Shepway Court Farm, near Maidstone, Kent |
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He
attended Willington village school – 1935/1936 and St Francis’ RC School, Maidstone – 1936/1945 |
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In
1949, as a journeyman machinist, fitter and turner, he entered the Royal
Navy as a Stoker and was identified as a potential Mechanician candidate |
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His
career was as follows |
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| March to April 1949 | HMS
Royal Arthur Basic Training |
Stoker
2nd Class |
April
to August 1949 |
HMS
Raleigh Stoker's Training |
Stoker
2nd Class |
August
to October 1949 |
HMS
Newfoundland Specially selected Stoker's Training |
Stoker
2nd Class |
October
1949 to December 1950 |
HMS
Cleopatra 2nd Cruiser Squadron Home Fleet |
Stoker
Mechanic/ A/Leading Stoker Mechanic |
January
to June 1951 |
HMS
Pembroke Leading Hands Course |
A/Leading
Stoker Mechanic |
June
1951 to April 1952 |
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Leading
Stoker Mechanic |
April
1952 to January 1953 |
HMS
Neptune, Rserve Fleet, Chatham this included 3 months in D77, HMS Trafalgar (Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet) |
Leading
Stoker Mechanic |
January
1953 to January 1955 |
Royal
Naval Barracks, Portsmouth Mechanician's Course at Flathouse MTE |
A/Petty
Officer Stoker Mechanic/ Mechanician 3rd Class |
January
to February 1955 |
HMS
Royal Arthur, Petty Officer's Course |
Mechanician
3rd Class |
February
to July 1955 |
HMS
Neptune, Reserve Fleet Chatham |
Mechanician
3rd Class |
July
1955 to January 1957 |
HMS
Birmingham, General Service Commission, Home and Mediterranean |
Mechanician
3rd Class Mechanician 2nd Class Mechanician 1st Class |
January
1957 to March 1959 |
HMS
Sheffield General Service Commission Home and Mediterranean |
Mechanician
1st Class |
March
to July 1959 |
HMS
Pembroke ICE, Paxman and Mirrlees Engine Courses |
Mechanician
1st Class |
July
1959 to March 1960 |
HMS
Squirrel Fishery Protection, based at Portland |
Mechanician
1st Class |
March
1960 to August 1961 |
HMS
Ganges Instructor Boy's Training |
Mechanician
1st Class |
August
1961 to January 1962 |
Royal
Naval Barracks Portsmouth |
Mechanician
1stClass |
January
1962 to October 1963 |
HMS
Ulster West Indies Station, during the Cuban crisis |
Mechanician
1st Class/ A/ Chief Mechanician |
| October 1963 to October 1964 | HMS
Ganges Instructor Boys Training |
A/
Chief Mechanician / Chief Mechanician |
| October 1964 to August 1965 | HMS
Pembroke Appointed to Flag Officer Medway's Staff as Assistant to the Staff Engineer Officer. CSOT was Captain Maurice Head an ex Newfy (Lt Cdr (T) 1942 - 1945) |
Chief
Mechanician |
| August 1965 to September 1967 | HMS
Mull of Kintyre Based in Singapore and responsible for providing support and maintenance to operational squadrons of minsweepers and patrol craft during the Indonesian Confrontation |
Regulating
Chief Mechanician |
| November 1967 to November 1971 | Naval
Manpower Utilisatioin Unit 2nd Sea Lord's department Qualified as a Work Study Practitioner and became the coordinator of a team of senior ratings responsible for writing Operating and Maintenance Procedures for Leander Class Frigates |
Chief
Mechanician |
| November to December 1971 | Royal
Naval Barracks Portsmouth Discharged to Leave and Pension |
Chief
Mechanician |
Civilian
Employment:
After leaving the Service, Ian went to work for P&O SN Co as a Senior
Management Services Consultant and over the next five years travelled
widely on assignments around the world and also spent eighteen months
in Scotland working in the oil industry. In 1976 he was recruited by
PA Consultants to become part of a team of independent consultants being
set up to investigate manpower problems in the Shipping Industry; the
five year project, run by the General Council of British Shipping was
known as the ‘Sealife Programme’. In 1980 Ian accepted a
post as a Senior Management Services Officer with Westminster City Council
in the Chief Executive’s Department and later transferred to Social
Services Department where he held the post of Assistant Divisional Director.
In 1989 following a major re-organisation Ian took early retirement
and set up his own business as an independent Management and Training
Consultant; he closed the books and retired in 1996. |
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Further
Education:
To further his career after leaving the RN Ian completed a number of
vocational courses and qualified as an Industrial Training Officer in
his first year with P&O SN Co. Later he studied with the Open University
where he obtained a BA (Hons) in Psychology and Politics and followed
this with a further period of study for an M.Sc. in Advanced Research
Methods in Education and Social Science. |
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| Interests and Hobbies: Archaeology, Photography, Gardening, Computing and Travel. | ||
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