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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!

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!!!

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

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

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. 

Corporate FI Emitter Codewords‏ help

Request From: Chris Howe
Hi Guys

Can anyone reliably remember the Threat Emitter codewords we used 27 years ago in the Corporate down south?
E.g. Handbrake, Eyewater etc.

Need some confirmation for a presentation I am doing.


Cheers

Kind regards

http://www.systematic.com/
Chris Howe MBE
Senior Manager, EW

North Camp in 1958

Message from Alan Clifford recieved at our Web site

Have just logged on searching for old oppos when I noticed a photograph at the top of the photos page showing a class of gollies outside North Camp in 1958. In front of them is the 'W' Branch honours board which used to be placed above the admin hut in North Camp. I have that honours board hanging in my house in Wellington NZ!!! My father, CPO(TEL)(S) EH Clifford got the BEM for his services to the branch when it first formed all those years ago and is mentioned on the board. I too spent 10 years in the RN and came out as LRO(T) A Clifford in 1980. When North Camp was disbanded the family requested to have the honours board and it was kept in Dads adopted home in Nottingham until he passed away in 1994 and I then emigrated to NZ. When I saw the photo the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end as I thought I was going to see my dad again in a photograph!!!if anyone has any photos of CPO(TEL)(S) Eric Clifford (Cliff to all his oppos) then I would appreciate any links you may have.

Cheers

'Cliffy'
Alan Clifford
Wellington
New Zealand