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Aug. 13, 2009

I have recently found some very old photos of my grandfather, James "Jock" Edgar who served on HMS Agamemnon in the first world war. The photo shows my grandfather wearing his navy uniform, wearing a cap with HMS Agamemnon embroidered on it. I don't have the exact dates of when my Grandfather served on the ship, but I do know that he was serving at the time when HMS Agamemnon was in Malta in May to June 1915. This is when he met and married my Grandmother, Carolina Testa. They settled in Malta and had three children, Thomas, Cissy and Mary Edgar (my mother). I don't know when James Edgar left the navy, but I do know that he died at an early age in 1939 as a result of complications from MS. He is buried in Malta.

Regards,
Paul Williams

James "Jock" Edgar seen on HMS Agamemnon.

 

James "Jock" Edgar (standing at right) and three unidentified crewmen seen on HMS Agamemnon.

 

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Jan. 10, 2008

My Great Uncle was a stoker on board HMS Agamemnon; serving from 17 ?? 1915 (probably February) to 19 November 1917. His grade was STO 1 at that time so it sound like he was a colleague of your Grandfathers. He had just been promoted from STO 2 on this trip. I am keen to get any information of my Great Uncle's service in the RN. His name was William Bewers. I have no idea how many stokers a ship like this would have, quite a few I am sure! Good luck with your research, it is fascinating isn't it?

Regards,
John Chapman

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Dec. 31, 2007

An excellent site I have to say and was pleased to find a picture of the above battleship. I think this may be the ship my Grandfather, Mr Ernest Burr, served on during the war as Chief stoker. I am trying to obtain some information or perhaps a listing of the crew for this ship without success. I had hoped to get this via your site perhaps going about this the wrong way. Could you please point me in the right direction.

Thanking you in advance,
David Burr