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HMS GANGES AT HIGHNAM COURT, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 1940 - 1942. CLICK ABOVE TO OPEN GALLERY.

Early in 1940 Admiralty decided to close Ganges as a Boys Training Establishment and in April it became a Hostilities Only Training Establishment.
The number of air raids at Shotley began to increase dramatically and its ratings soon had to go to the air raid shelters for three or four hours each night. So, on 23rd June 1940, the Admiralty decided to establish a camp at Highnam Court in Gloucestershire where Wireless Telegraphy (W/T) and Signals ratings could receive their training without interruption.
On the 9th July 1940, the first draft of ratings left HMS Ganges at Shotley for their new training camp at Highnam Court. Ratings lived 4 or 5 to a tent.

HMS GANGES AT HIGHNAM https://highnamheritage.co.uk/discover-highnam-heritage/highnam-at-war/world-war-two/hms-ganges-at-highnam/
1940-41 - HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - HIGHNAM COURT.jpg		 1940-41 - 210 CLASS AT HIGHNAM COURT, INSTRUCTOR PO HALLOTT.jpg
1940-41 - 210 CLASS AT HIGHNAM COURT, INSTRUCTOR PO HALLOTT.jpg		 1940-41 - 228 CLASS AT GANGES PRIOR TO TRANSFER TO HIGHNAM COURT ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 1940..jpg
1940-41 - 228 CLASS AT GANGES PRIOR TO TRANSFER TO HIGHNAM COURT ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 1940..jpg		 1940-41 - 5 MEN PER BELL TENT AT HIGHNAM COURT..jpg
1940-41 - 5 MEN PER BELL TENT AT HIGHNAM COURT..jpg
1940-41 - 5 SIGNAL MEN, CLASS 210, AT HIGHNAM COURT..jpg
1940-41 - 5 SIGNAL MEN, CLASS 210, AT HIGHNAM COURT..jpg		 1940-41 - BELL TENTS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - BELL TENTS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg		 1940-41 - CARICATURES OF THE OFFICERS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - CARICATURES OF THE OFFICERS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg		 1940-41 - CLASS 6 AT HIGHNAM COURT SEE NOTE ON PHOTO REF. WAYNE LEWIS..jpg
1940-41 - CLASS 6 AT HIGHNAM COURT SEE NOTE ON PHOTO REF. WAYNE LEWIS..jpg
1940-41 - FOOTBALL TEAMS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - FOOTBALL TEAMS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg		 1940-41 - HIGHNAM COURT REMINISCENCE, DAVE BOWLER.jpg
1940-41 - HIGHNAM COURT REMINISCENCE, DAVE BOWLER.jpg		 1940-41 - INSTRUCTOR AND RATINGS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - INSTRUCTOR AND RATINGS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg		 1940-41 - MEMBERS OF 6 CLASS, HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - MEMBERS OF 6 CLASS, HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - PETER THOMAS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - PETER THOMAS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg		 1940-41 - RATINGS & BELL TENTS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - RATINGS & BELL TENTS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg		 1940-41 - SIGNALS TRAINIES AT HIGHNAM COURT, REAR ROW 4TH FROM LEFT TOM SIMPSON..jpg
1940-41 - SIGNALS TRAINIES AT HIGHNAM COURT, REAR ROW 4TH FROM LEFT TOM SIMPSON..jpg		 1940-41 - TELS CLASS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 - TELS CLASS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 MARCHING FROM HIGHNAM COURT TO GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL.jpg
1940-41 MARCHING FROM HIGHNAM COURT TO GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL.jpg		 1940-41 OFFICER AND RATING AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 OFFICER AND RATING AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg		 1940-41 PASSING OUT CLASS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg
1940-41 PASSING OUT CLASS AT HIGHNAM COURT.jpg		 1940-41 - GANGES RELATED ITEMS FOUND AT HIGHNAM COURT, WITH METAL DETECTOR..jpg
1940-41 - GANGES RELATED ITEMS FOUND AT HIGHNAM COURT, WITH METAL DETECTOR..jpg

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