ME IN 2007, SEE YOU IN BLACKPOOL IN OCTOBER LADS.

Hi Slinger,
Yes, I remember you ! I'll send you an E-mail. 3F2 to start with,then 3E2 after starting normal watchkeeping; the chefs were in 3D2.

hi there does anybody remember me i was a stoker on the eagle in5p2 mess 1957 e/m adress k.james580 @btinternet.com cheers keith(jesse) james

ALL 5 single rooms have now been booked,Shipmates will now have to take a twin room at £10 per night extra, Sorry! ie £160.00pp for ALL 3 nights.
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below is the list of Shipmates booked.

1.JOHN,SHARON BRYANT.paid..... x2
2.ALAN WALKER+ DAVE MEAD (TWIN) paid ............x2
3.COLIN,GILL WISEMAN paid......x2
4.GEFFREY,LINDA MILLER paid....x2
5.BILL,HELEN WALKER paid.......x3
6.CHRIS,CATH HIETT paid........x2
7.TERRY DAVIES paid ...........x1 ** #2
8.JORDAN BRYANT................X1 GEORGE,ANN HAVERLY (HAD TO PULL OUT,BIG C)
9.DAVID,JUNE CURTIS paid.......x2
10.JEFF DEMAIN +wife paid......x2
11.TONY,JEAN WOOD paid.........x2
12.DAVE,SUE PATTERSON paid.....x2
13.BASIL,CAROL OWEN paid.......x2
14.BURL,WENDY IVES paid........x2
15.BARRY,SYLVIA HEPPLE paid....x2
16.CHRIS,JEAN RAWLINGS paid....x2
17.TAFF,WIFE THOMAS paid.......x2
18.HARRY,TERESA HAWKES paid....x2
19.BRYAN,COLLEEN DURBER paid...x2
20.CLIVE MARGERRISON paid(3)..........x1** #3
21.PHILIP,BRENDA WILLIAMS paid,,,.....x2
22.HENRY,PAM MANCINI paid ............x2
23.TONY,PAM CHATFIELD paid. 4 nights..x2
24.JEFFREY WILLIAMS paid..............x1
25.LES,CHRIS HOWARD paid.............x2
26.CLIVE,HEATHER HILL paid............x2
27.JOHN,ANN SIMPSON paid..............x2
28.TAFF + WIFE LAGES paid.............x2
29.TONY + WIFE LAGES paid.............x2
30.Mr & Mrs JEFFREY paid..............x2
31.Mr & Mrs Andy Whitehead paid...................x2
32.GEORGE DANCE. paid.................x2
33.MARY WALFORD paid...............x2 #4
34.KEVIN & JILL SHERRIN-JONES paid... X2
35.Mrs PAT STROUT, Widow of Bob,plus she is an ex WREN...paid x1 #5
36.Rory & Trixi Colquhoun.paid 4 nights..x2(Hamburg) *****
37.ROD WRIGHT + WIFE paid..........X2
38.JANUS STARK + WIFE (LOCAL.NON HOTEL)
39.DAISY MAY + WIFE paid...........X2
40.GUS DOOGAN paid................X1 #1
41.JESSE & MARGARET JAMES. paid...X2
42.FRANK CONNELL.paid.............X1
43.PETER DIXON.paid...............X1
44.JOE WILKINSON.paid.............X1
45.DAVE CHESWORTH paid NAAFI R05/06 X1
46,MAURICE SNOWDON................X2
*45 ROOMS*



INTERESTED.



1.BARRY,WIFE HARVEY
2.BRIAN,WIFE NICHOLLS
6.TAFF KEAR
9.ROGER LAWRENCE
12.MAC MCPHERSON & WIFE (Canada)
13.LAURENCE FAGAN
16. DON CHIVERS
17. JACK CRADDOCK
18. MICHAEL ELLIS POPTI RO5 69/72

Reading messages I see one where he says he was in a folk band, mess 3e2
Mate it was 3F2: Do you remember the gigs in the mess, we'd save beer and tot. next door where the cooks. They provided the grub.
Brilliant

Hi ship mates:
I keep seeing the name Roger Mills on the posts:
kept thinking, "I know that name"

REUNION 2010

Hi, I'm looking for O/S ALAN (BUNGY) WILLIAMS P/113262.Last known whereabouts HMS EAGLE 1970 MessSJ3.

Lance Corporal Jones of Dad's Army could have defended better against the Germans than John Terry did.

VUVUZELA FOR SALE. VGC. HARDLY USED.

Hi Jim (again ! ) and BJ : the b&w photie in the "Eagle 1952-59" section,near the end,with five Sea Kings flying over it ( so after 1970 !!), is of the Ark Royal (trust me !).

Many thanks for raising the subject Roger. It has come to light that one of the main sources of reference books for ships crests and mottos, TP Stopford Admiralty Ships Badges, has the incorrect motto.
Many thanks to Alan Benn for providing the replacement crest with the correct motto. A full size version has been forwarded to BJ. It appears that Stopfords book has caused much confusion, not least with the firm who made the gold wire blazer badge of the Eagle crest and motto.

Sorry to bang on, but I cannot find any other usage of "Arduis Ad Solem", whereas "Arduus Ad Solem" ,as in "lifted up to / striving for the sun",has been used by both Manchester University and Falcon College,Zimbabwe.

Arduus Ad Solem ; Striving Towards,or Lifted Up To, The Sun. ( Virgil,The Aeneid,book vi)."Arduis" means adversity,or difficulty; not quite the same.

Just dropped in for a browse.I served on the big E 1964-66.I was in 5T1Mess.
This is a good site,I`ve enjoyed browsing through the photos.

Further to my last, the Fourth Commission book and the History both have photos of the three ship RAS, taken during Beira Patrol. The tanker is RFA Tidepool, the storeship RFA Reliant.

I have commissioning books for both the fourth and fifth commissions, as well as a History of Eagle. All three give the motto as Arduus ad Solem (By labour to the sun)

Although one of the Commission Book covers shows the motto as "Arduus ad solem" it may be a publishers error.
Expert opinion is that:
"Arduis ad solem" makes more sense, and this translates roughly as "Through great difficulties to the heights" (or literally, to the sun).

Re ships motto. The best detectives are now on the case. Does anyone have a blazer badge with this motto on it??

Oh dear !! I HATE to say this , but....the ship's "motto" is actually Arduus Ad Solem, not Arduis Ad Solem (Arduis would confer a different meaning ).Sorry,but there we are !