Thursday, 29 September 2011

EW Reunion photos 2012

Big thanks to Lee Hayward for organising this years event













See you all next year

Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Facebook

Retired CPO(EW) Ian Stevens has set up a page on Facebook entitled

 "The Page for RN EW Rates"

for serving and retire EW personnel to keep in touch with each other.

At the moment it is up to 75 members and slowly increasing!

Thursday, 9 December 2010

Talking to one of our modern gen gollies the other day and how they go about their job of reporting. Brought back hazy memories of switch procedures and trying to do it by morse after receiving the codeword "marconi". Those idyllic days in classroom 67(?) in North Camp!!!

Sunday, 5 December 2010

History of Radio Warfare and Electronic Warfare in the Royal Navy, 1900 ~ 1990

Gentlemen,

As you may know I am attempting to author a history of radio warfare
and electronic warfare in the Royal Navy, 1900 ~ 1990 because I can
find no record of it having been previously attempted, and the Defence
Electronic History Society endorses the activity.

I am now quite a long way down stream and I am looking for interesting
stories, anecdotes, pictures, even cartoons to help liven up the
subject matter. I am tending to lean towards ex-EW appointed Officers
and senior EW branch ratings because you were so important to the
development of the branch especially during the 1970s & 80s when it
was coming out of its reformed shell of 1963.

I know some of you wore light blue uniforms, but perhaps you also have
a yarn or two that might make the difference and that is also true of
industrial friends who built the RN's EW kit, notwithstanding
financial constraints and the bickering of ex-WOs like me!

Thanking you all for your recent contacts and in anticipation

Best regards

John Wise
http://www.radars.org.uk/
info@radars.org.uk

Friday, 17 September 2010

EW REUNION 2010

Many thanks:
To Deacs for organising,
to Thales for helping to fund
&
Chris from Systematic for providing the 'Gizits'


and to all those who attended for making it such a successful event

see you all next year. 

pictures from the event can be found on our web site at:  http://navygollies.co.uk/Reunion2010.aspx

Monday, 14 June 2010

Tinkerbelle Jones

Ex PO(EW) Tinkerbelle Jones or the sugur plum fairy.
Modelling the latest on-watch kit!!
Socks & Picture provided by Gaz Upton, belly by Magners.