During the 2nd WW the ship was adopted by Beckenham, Kent. As the sister of Lt Cmdr P Vian (Later Admiral) – Marian Vian had a school in Beckenham named after her. Reg Morrison passed the 11 plus whilst attending in 1942. A plaque marking the adoption was put up in the town hall. This building was demolished in 1991 to make way for a supermarket. The area is now under the London Borough of Bromley.

HMS Cossack F03

Ships Company

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Rank: ERA 5

Remarks: ERA 5. No number shown. Borne for victual charges only.
No pay documents. (Discharged to military hospital and HMS Cormorant.) (Not listed as wounded or injured in the Official Admiralty Communique of 1941) May have been from another ship and on passage back to UK

Rank: Paymaster Lt. Secretary to Captain Vian.

Remarks: Paymaster Lt. October 1939 to 19 March 1940. Secretary to Captain Vian. Became Cdr (S) OBE DSC (Served in Norfolk, Cossack, Naiad, Pembroke, Glory, Condor, Newcastle, President, Daedalus, Cochrane

Rank: Signalman

Remarks: Signalman. January 1939 to March 1939?

Rank: Lt. RNVR.

Remarks: Lt. RNVR. October 1939 to March 1940?

Floyd Stanley R Bungey Bunker
Pay Book Number: P/JX 133915
Rank: Yeoman of Signals
Relation: Married Margaret Stark Robertson Baxter on 27 August 1940. Daughters – Vikki and Margret – twins and Edna.

Remarks: Yeoman of Signals. P/JX 133915. Joined RN 18.12 1929 at HMS Ganges aged 15 as Boy 2nd class.
15 May 1931. Boy Signaller HMS Hood.
31 August 1933 HMS Victory 1. Signaller
29 September 1933 to July 1934 HMS Winchester (HMS Vernon 1).
19 September 1934 HMS Resource.
6 March 1937 to 2 May 1938 HMS Victory 1 Advancing to Leading Signalman
3.May 1938 HMS Victoria and Albert. (Accommodation Ship)
12 January 1939 HMS Cormorant as Acting Yeoman of Signals. 18.March 1939 HMS Cossack (Wounded 23.10.41 with severe burns & discharged via military hospital to HMS Cormorant)
9 May 1942 HMS Mercury.
6 November 1942 HMS Hunter. Advanced to Chief Yeoman of Signals.
25 July1944 HMS Aldenham.
15 December 1944 HMS Welfare.
10 September 1945 HMS Mercury (Fort Southwick Station)
1 April 1947. HMS Mercury
1.October 1947 HMS Bruce.
4 February 1949 HMS Mercury.
9 February 1949. HMS Terror
8 February 1950 HMS Mercury
3 July 1950 HMS Mull of Galloway
15 January 1951. HMS Bulawayo.
22 February 1951 HMS Mercury
23 July 1951 HMS Theseus
3 September HMS Mercury
1 January 1952. HMS President.
15 September 1954 HMS Mercury for discharge with pension.
18 October 1954. Left the RN
Divorced. Went to South Africa and married Sylvia. Strong swimmer.
Born in Meerut India on 5 August 1914. (Father in the Royal Horse Artillery Married Margaret Stark Robertson Baxter on 27 August 1940. Daughters – Vikki and Margret – twins and Edna. Died of cancer in hospital in Durban South Africa.

Rank: Boy Seaman

Remarks: Boy Seaman. October 1929 to March 1940?

Pay Book Number: P/JX 188884
Rank: Able Seaman
Relation: Son of Archibald and Minnie of St John’s, Newfoundland

Remarks: Able Seaman. P/JX 188884. (Missing presumed Killed 23.10.41) Age 19 (single) Son of Archibald and Minnie of St John’s, Newfoundland

Pay Book Number: P/JX150916
Rank: Able Seaman

Remarks: Able Seaman. P/JX150916. Onboard as an Ordinary Seaman October 1939. (Missing presumed Killed 23.10.41)

Foster Monty Montague George Foster
Rank: Warrant Officer Gunner (T) Lt Cmdr.

Remarks: Warrant Officer Gunner (T) Lt Cmdr.) Joined the RN 1924. Joined LO3 1940 at Gourock near Glasgow (Previous ship JERSEY)
(Survivor picked up by HMS Carnation & discharged to HMS Cormorant) Returned to Uk in SCYTHIA. Left the RN in 1957 to join RNZN until 1962 when became farmer, motel manager, property manager, Farmer again then kennel owner.
Died 11 January 2000. Also served on D57 and DUNCAN

Pay Book Number: P/JX 164423
Rank: Leading Seaman
Relation: (married to Olive Winifred of Sherborne, Dorset) son of Arthur Thomas and Jane Fox

Remarks: Leading Seaman. P/JX 164423. Helmsman at action stations Taught those new to the RN how to cook (See Recollections by Reg Doring) (Missing presumed Killed 23.10.41) Age 36 (married to Olive Winifred of Sherborne, Dorset) son of Arthur Thomas and Jane Fox

Hidden Gems

The HMS Cossack 1938-1941 was accepted on 10 June 1938 and dented, whilst coming alongside the jetty in Portsmouth on 12 June 1938.

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1806-1816

This is the account of the first vessel named HMS Cossack, a title that would be passed on to five later ships and commemorated by the Royal Navy in the Cossack Building at HMS Raleigh.

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1854-1875

The second Cossack was originally ordered by Russia for the Black Sea Fleet in December 1852 at a cost of 290,000 silver roubles. However, when relations between Britain and Russia deteriorated, Russia sold the vessels to the Hamburg trading firm Henry Mersk & Co.

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1886-1905

This account covers the third vessel named HMS Cossack. Launched on 3 June 1886 and in service until 1905, she spent the majority of her career in the Far East, calling at India, Aden, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and other ports.

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1907-1919

The fourth HMS Cossack received the first Battle Honour for participating in operations along the Belgian coast from 17 October to 8 November 1914. This section contains copies of the original construction contract and detailed plans showing her launch, deck arrangements, and machinery.

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1938-1941

Credited with battle honours including Baltic 1855, Witu 1890, Dover Patrol 1914–1919, Narvik 1940, Norway 1940, Atlantic 1940–1941, the Bismarck Action 1941, and the Malta Convoys 1941, the HMS Cossack in service from 1938 to 1941 was a formidable presence.

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1944-1960

During Warship Week in February 1942, the town of Esher raised £1,192,211, contributing to the construction of the warship HMS Cossack. The funds were collected by the public depositing money into a rubber-type float in a pool. Remarkably, the surplus was enough to fund a submarine as well. The story continues.

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