Royal Naval College Osborne

Tubbylinton · Oct 5, 2009

I am looking for term photographs of cadets at Osborne during the latter stages of WW1 and the immediate post-war period.Can any of you help me with this please?

liverpool annie · Oct 5, 2009

Hi Tubby and welcome !

I found this on a family history web page ... have you seen this already ? .... maybe an email will give you some more information !!

Gowlland, Langton - 1903 – 2002.

Born in Faversham Kent on 3rd March 1903, one of identical boy twins, his brother, Geoffrey, being a few minutes older. Went to prep school at Westgate in 1911.

Both boys were destined for the Royal Navy and so trained together at the Royal Naval Colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth – 1916 to 1920

Royal Naval College, Greenwich - Langton front right (seated) and Geoffrey sixth from front on extreme left
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http://www.gowlland.me.uk/biographies.htm

Annie

liverpool annie · Oct 5, 2009

Sorry ! ... I just realised thats Greenwich ... not Osborne

I'll keep looking !!

Annie

liverpool annie · Oct 5, 2009

I take it you already know all this ... are you looking for a photo of him when he was a cadet ?

Commander John Wallace Linton, in command of the Royal Navy Submarine Turbulent
Linton was the last of three Submariners to win a VC, he followed Wanklyn, and Miers, and was known as "Tubby Linton." he sank about 125, 000 tons of enemy shipping.

Tubby had been born at Malpas in Monmouthshire, and attended the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, he was a wonderful Rugby player, being capped 6 times for the Navy, between 1927 - 1930. In the thirties, he served in Submarines based in Hong Kong, come the war, he was in the Submarine Pandora, which he drove to America for a refit, returning to England to stand by the building of a new Boat, Turbulent, at Barrow - in - Furness. This name, from now on, could well be used to describe Linton's life at sea.

After commissioning in January 1942, his new command sailed to the Mediterranean, by now, Linton was in his late thirties, a good deal older than most other Submarine Commanding Officers, and he was now a Commander.

Linton and his Turbulent, achieved great success in the Mediterranean, sinking an Italian Destroyer, 28 supply ships bound for Rommel's Africa Corps, a German U-Boat, a German Armed Merchant Cruiser, out of a full year of operations, his Boat and crew spent 254 days at sea, and half of that period was spent submerged.

By the spring of 1943, Linton now wore a Distinguished Service Order, and a Distinguished Service Cross on his Naval Uniform, at home in Gloucestershire, his wife Nancy maintained these prized decorations safely in their Presentation Cases.

Linton refused to go home for a rest, and the inevitable had to happen in due course, Turbulent sailed for another patrol, and on the 4th. of May 1943, it was announced that she had failed to return to base, and must be presumed lost. She had last been known to be sailing close to minefields between Corsica and Sardinia.

Prior to the public announcement about the loss of Turbulent, Commander Linton, and his crew, the Admiralty on the 26th. of March, had sent a signal to C in C Mediterranean, repeated to C in C Levant, it read:

"It is with the deepest of regret that their Lordships have learnt of the loss of Turbulent, with the presumption of the death of Commander J.W.Linton. In view of very special and distinguished services of this Officer , who has been in command of S/M's throughout the whole period of this war, and whose outstanding characteristics and achievements were so well known throughout the Mediterranean commands, they wish to express their sympathy to you and to Mediterranean S/M Flotillas. Their Lordships do so with assurance that Commander Linton's inspiring leadership will long be remembered by all those who are so worthily upholding the traditions of the Royal Navy and the Submarine service in the Mediterranean at the present time."

This message was indeed an accolade from the usually stiff and rather stuffy members of the British Board of Admiralty.

Victoria Cross awarded to the late Commander Tubby Linton
On the 25th. of May 1943, the award of the Victoria Cross to the late Commander J. W.Linton. was announced in London.

His wife Nancy was to receive it.

She received a touching letter from Anthony Miers VC, by now a Captain in the Royal Navy, who recalled exploits together, and their long and rewarding friendship.
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http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/macslog/TheVictoriaCrossatSea.html

MrJ · Jul 21, 2010

I have an early photo of a term seated in front of the Cricket Pavilion, quite certain it's pre-Great War.

Tubbylinton said: ↑

I am looking for term photographs of cadets at Osborne during the latter stages of WW1 and the immediate post-war period.Can any of you help me with this please?
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