Lane Division
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Augustine | Alegbo | ER | Nigerian Navy | |
Pete | Allum | ER | Lives in Aberdeen. Served in Fife and Intrepid before joining boats. Then in Conquerer and Repulse. Left in 1979 and worked for Shell for 30+ years as a Senior Integrity Engineer. Retired in March 2010 | |
Steve | Barker | S | Lives in Ermington Devon. Took redundancy in 1996 as a WO and went to UNI for a BSc. Now works as a software engineer for K2 Medical Systems. | |
Gregory | Barton | ER | ||
Pete | Bellamy | ER | Left in December 2000 and lives in Plymouth. Works for AES Ltd doing spectrographic oil analysis on diesel engines for the MOD. | |
Leo | Benedict | S | Nigerian Navy | |
Bob | Bethell | LWAA | Left after 22 years - lived and worked in Fareham. Married Roy Lusteds sister-in-law. Passed away on the 12th February 2017. | |
John | Bevan | S | ||
Bob | Brown | ER | Captain in the Royal Australian Navy. Lives in Canberra. | |
Richard | Buckley | ER | ||
Steve | Bugg | S | Lived in Haverhill, Suffolk. Died in August 2000 after unknowingly developing DVT and suffering a pulmonary embolism. (Information from Steves daughter - Jenny) | |
Michael | Burden | S | ||
Trevor | Burley | S | ||
Marcus | Bussey | ER | Thought to be living in Gillingham, Kent. | |
Tony | Buy | AA | Left in 1979 as a PO and went back to live in York | |
Bob | Byrom | LWAA | Came from Bradford. Left after 12 years. Lives in East Anglia and runs his own company supporting the off-shore oil industry. (22/4/23) | |
Willie | Carstairs | ? | LANE Division ghost in the lower bathrooms. | |
Ronald | Carter | ER | ||
Steve | Coffin | LWAA | Steve was a recat from NAM(AE). Left early, possibly in 1974 and returned to Brighton. Joined the police and rose to the rank of SGT. Sadly he suffered kidney failure and died during a transplant operation in about 1994. | |
Garry | Cox | LW | Did two years and then left. Joined the police and rose to the rank of Inspector. Now retired and living in Swinstead Lincolnshire. | |
Robert | Crow | ER | Left the RN 1980(Served on Scarborough, Bulwark, AFD 60, Vigilant and Anglesey.) Then joined the Scottish Prison Service as a Heating Engineer culminating in the position as Mechanical Services Manager within a large Cat.B Prison, retiring from the SPS in 2005 after 25 years service. At present, still enjoying retirement and occassionally doing M&E Clerk of Works as and when required. | |
Pete | Crump | S | Lives in Waterlooville, Hampshire. Director of TARK. | |
Joseph | Dagnino | S | Lives in Salford | |
Paul | Dyas | ER | Came from Birmingham area. Lives in Marchwood near Southampton and works for Xerox. | |
Simon | Dyer | S | .Left the RN in 2004, and initially worked for BAES on T23s and QEC, but now work (yes, still working, but only part time) for Babcock in Devonport Dockyard, on Class Output Management (T23s, Amph and Sandowns). (March 2018) | |
Christopher | Ekpenyong | ER | Nigerian Navy | |
Barry | Foord | LW | Came from Lewes and played piano and organ. Lives near Bedford. | |
Michael | Gregory | ER | Left in about 1971. Last known to be living in Kings Norton and working for Lucas. | |
Pete | Heath | |||
Brian | Hemming | LW | ||
Delwyn | Hughes | ER | Sadly Del lost his life to cancer on 6th February 2005. | |
Ross | Hunter | S | ||
Michael | Joyce | S | Lives in Sittingbourne, Kent. | |
Terence | Kennedy | LW | ||
Roy | Lusted | LWAA | Roy left as a LT CDR after 38 years. Now retired and spent his last few years as a civvy on the Wildcat helicopter project team. Lives near Ilminster. | |
Bernard | Manship | ER | ||
Sean | McCarrick | LW | Left in 1981. Living in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire. Self employed. | |
Gordon | Morris | LW | Left in 1976 and works as a Civil Servant in the Countryside Agency. Lives in Sherborne | MORE... | | |
Robert | Nelson | S | Known to have passed away. | |
John | North | LW | Left as a WO in Autumn 2000. Lives in Rugby. | |
Christopher | Ockwell | ER | ||
Henry | Orton | LW | S61A. Left in 1973. Lives in Cosham and works for IBM. | |
John | Parker | AA | Left in December 1995. Emigrated to France. | |
William | Pateman | ER | Apparently only joined for the football and left at the end of the season! Hasn't been seen since. | |
Colin | Payne | AA | Left as a WO and works for SERCO in Yeovilton. Lives in Weymouth. | |
Mick | Redfern | LW | Was Chief Hook of Lane. Lives near Fairford, Gloucestershire and works in software. | |
Timothy | Reeves | LW | Left in 1991. Living in Tavistock, Devon. Working as Quality Assurance and Training Manager for the Kuwait Airforce based at Ali Al Salam Airbase (about 50km west of Kuwait City). Member of the South Atlantic Medal Association (served on HMS Minerva) | |
Pete | Rogers | ER | Came from South Wales. | |
Christopher | Spearman | |||
Tony | Stackpoole | ER | ||
Alan | Stevenson | S | ||
Dave | Sumner | ER | Came from Fleetwood, Lancashire. Was a drummer in the band. | |
Paul | Swan | LW | ||
John | Temme | LW | Left in July 1991. Lived in Plymouth. Sadly passed away just before Christmas 2018 | |
Stuart | Ward | ER | Left in 1971. Lives in the West Midlands. Worked in IT. | |
Michael | Webb | ER | Lives in Plymouth. | |
Keith | Wheatley | S | Lives in Waterlooville. | |
Alan | Williams | LWAA | Came from Halifax and left after 22 years. Lived in Dundee. Was informed by Roy Lusted that Alan passed away on the 7th of November 2019 | |
John | Woolford | LW | Came from Bristol and was a WO in submarines. Lives in Folkestone and works on the Channel Tunnel | MORE... | |
S62A Class
George | Belshaw | LW | Has been living in the Far East for more than 15 years, most of them in Hong Kong. | |
Robert | Dedman | LW | ||
Terry | Guy | LW | Last known to be a Commander in Abbey Wood. | |
Brian | Holmes | LW | Invalided out in 1975. Chartered Engineer at BAE Systems. | |
Steve | Holt | LW | ||
Brian | Murphy | AA | Brian was killed on active service in the Falklands in 1982 whilst serving in HMS Ardent. | |
Joseph | Opigo | LW | Nigerian Navy |