Good morning all, I had a very prompt reply from the TNA. I might be able to make some progress finding old William if I can ascertain the home port of his ship, the HMS Edgar, which was part of the Channel Fleet. As I am in the states and all my relatives were in the US Navy, I am a bit "at sea" in this matter. Thank you Mardell
HMS EDGAR paid off and recommissioned, on at least one occasion, at Portsmouth so it is a reasonable assumption that Portsmouth was her home port. Peter Beeston -----Original Message----- From: TRAVIS GITCHEL Sent: Saturday, 6 August 2011 10:46 PM To: MARINERS@rootsweb.com Subject: [MAR] Royal Marines Good morning all, I had a very prompt reply from the TNA. I might be able to make some progress finding old William if I can ascertain the home port of his ship, the HMS Edgar, which was part of the Channel Fleet. As I am in the states and all my relatives were in the US Navy, I am a bit "at sea" in this matter. Thank you Mardell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
As suggested here. http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/18-1900/E/01547.html HTH Judy London, UK -----Original Message----- From: mariners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:mariners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Peter Beeston HMS EDGAR paid off and recommissioned, on at least one occasion, at Portsmouth so it is a reasonable assumption that Portsmouth was her home port. -----Original Message----- From: TRAVIS GITCHEL Good morning all, I had a very prompt reply from the TNA. I might be able to make some progress finding old William if I can ascertain the home port of his ship, the HMS Edgar, which was part of the Channel Fleet. As I am in the states and all my relatives were in the US Navy, I am a bit "at sea" in this matter. Thank you Mardell
I found a HMS EDgar at this site, there are several if you do a Google. this one was built in 1779 at Woolwich http://en.wikipedia/wiki/HMS_Edgar_ Edie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Beeston" <mausoleus@bigpond.com> To: "TRAVIS GITCHEL" <mgitchel@bellsouth.net>; <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [MAR] Royal Marines > HMS EDGAR paid off and recommissioned, on at least one occasion, at > Portsmouth so it is a reasonable assumption that Portsmouth was her home > port. > > Peter Beeston > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TRAVIS GITCHEL > Sent: Saturday, 6 August 2011 10:46 PM > To: MARINERS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MAR] Royal Marines > > Good morning all, > I had a very prompt reply from the TNA. I might be able to make > some > progress finding old William if I can ascertain the home port of his ship, > the > HMS Edgar, which was part of the Channel Fleet. As I am in the states and > all > my relatives were in the US Navy, I am a bit "at sea" in this matter. > Thank > you > Mardell > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >