Please find below contact details for added services offered to RM personnel.

Royal Marine Bugler at funerals

You might like to note that any veteran, irrespective of rank, who has served more than 22 years or has a campaign medal is entitled to the services of a bugler, free of charge, at their funeral This is subject to operational commitments/availability. 

Requests should be directed to:

RM School of Music,
HMS Nelson, 6 Queen St,
Portsmouth PO1 3HL

Scattering of ashes at sea

The Royal Navy offer a free service to all ex services personal to commit ashes at sea on a Wednesday between April and October, a brief private service is held for each family when the ashes are released (limited to usually 6 people per family) with up to 6 committals per Wednesday (1 sailing).

If at Portsmouth then tea & coffee and a small gathering is held after at St Anne’s in the dockyard after. Names are also entered into book of remembrance at St Anne’s Church also.

Portsmouth 023 9272 2915
Devonport 01752 555 427
Clyde 01436 674 321 (e8226)

White ensign on loan for coffin

The HMS Cossack Association is able to loan a White Ensign to drape over a coffin for any member that served in HMS Cossack. 

Contact the Association for further details.

keithbatchelor10@gmail.com

Obituary notices in Navy News

This is a free service and although we keep notices fairly brief we like to include the following:

Full name & any nickname, Branch/rank/rate, Time served (from-to in years), Ships/establishments, Names of any RN-related associations.

Editorial Office Manager,
Navy News PP1.4,
Navy Command,
Leach Building,
HMS Excellent,
Portsmouth PO2 8BY

+44 (0)23 9262 3553

officemgr@navynews.co.uk

www.navynews.co.uk

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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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