Mike Stevens

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 12:21:15 +0100

My father Samuel Stevens served in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy during WW11.

His service No.FX589883. He started his basic training at: Camp 5. HMS GOSLING (Risley)

Ship/Shore Establishment: Rank/Rating Held: From: To:

HMS GOSLING (Risley) Training Air Mechanic 2nd Class 07 Sep 1943 13 Nov 1943.

I viewed your gallery of images from HMS GOSLING, Camp 4 for 1943 on your web site and wondered if any images of my father’s group from camp 5 existed? Please let me know either way. In the meantime any information or advice you can offer for my family research would be appreciated.

Kind regards, Mike Stevens.

Angus Graham

Wed, 21 Oct 2015 02:49:28 +0100

HMS Gosling 5 ceased to be known by that name after it was paid off in 1947 (on Trafalgar Day!), but it remained in use by the Admiralty as accommodation for married employees working at Risley. Until a few years ago the concrete bases for the accommodation huts (NOT Nissen!) were still there, as were the pathways through, also the Country Club (as it was known). The buildings were meant to be temporary but as is so often the case, lasted quite some years longer than planned. I understand it is now being developed for housing. I lived there as a child in the late 1950s.

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Mike Stevens

Angus Graham