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Added on 07/06/2010HMS Gosling actually consisted of six separate camps (Gosling 1 to 6) situated near Warrington. After a few days initial registration at camps like HMS Royal Arthur for example we raw recruits were posted to Gosling for a period of 12 weeks with the intention of turning us into passable potential sailors with a full understanding of Naval history, tradition and Kings Regulations and Admiralty Instructions prior to being posted for technical training etc. Camp 6 was principley used to assemble large groups of people (drafts)after technical training and kitting them out prior to being posted to ships or air stations abroad. Part of Camp 4 was used to provide initial basic training to aspiring young officers mostly Midshipmen but occasionally reasonably high ranking officers, Commanders, etc were sent there for disciplinary re-training following some misdemeanour, usually low flying or similar.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Gosling
" I am trying to find someone who may have known my uncle, Edward Horace Simpson, a Naval Airman from February 1944 to January 1945. He was 18 when he signed up. He served at HMS Gosling, HMS Nightjar and HMS Godwit. He might have stood out because of his american accent, having been born in Detroit, ..."
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" Quoting: keith simpson I am trying to find someone who may have known my uncle, Edward Horace Simpson, a Naval Airman from February 1944 to January 1945. He was 18 when he signed up. He served at HMS Gosling, HMS Nightjar and HMS Godwit. He might have stood out because of his american accent, ..."
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"my father Henry Wilson Clayton Fleet Air Arms he was at HMS Gosling sometime between 1939-45.He attained the rank of Ch Petty Officer and served in the Pacific and Atlantic conflicts.Originally he was born in blackpool on the 26th Jan 1925.Do any ex servicemen know this person "
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"hms royal arthur,oct 1946.hms gosling,1947.raf melksham 1947.hms vulture 736,741 and and 796 squadrons until 1949,except for field gun at lee on solent and evt course at st bedauxe plymouth.demob kit at inkerman barrackswoking."
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