{"id":33196,"date":"2024-04-21T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/59c802f7-4f7d-4b52-b33d-2d4c6a52d913"},"modified":"2024-04-21T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T09:34:30","slug":"from-fishing-trawlers-to-second-world-war-submarines-my-family-have-a-long-connection-with-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/wdytya\/rss_feed\/from-fishing-trawlers-to-second-world-war-submarines-my-family-have-a-long-connection-with-the-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"From fishing trawlers to Second World War submarines, my family have a long connection with the sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Sunday, 21 April 2024 at 09:00 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"\/><p>My great grandfather William Oliver Ross, a skipper and owner of a fishing smack, is shown here with his wife Ann (n\u00e9e Perfect) and their seven children. My grandfather Horace is standing at the back. The six sons all fought in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/feature\/12-best-websites-for-tracing-british-first-world-war-soldiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">First World War<\/a>.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1420\" height=\"2133\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Gertrude-Hulse.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a Victorian woman\" class=\"wp-image-20031\"\/><\/figure><p>My maternal grandmother Gertrude Hulse was born in Grimsby in 1887.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Skipper-Samuel-Buckingham.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a man with a waxed moustache in Navy uniform\" class=\"wp-image-20032\"\/><\/figure><p>My paternal grandfather served in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tutorials\/military\/how-find-royal-navy-service-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Royal Naval<\/a> Reserve in the First World War in minesweeping and anti-submarine activity.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1156\" height=\"1796\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Bomber-Command-Loss.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a man in Second World War flight gear\" class=\"wp-image-20033\"\/><\/figure><p>Married to Eveline Ross, my mother\u2019s sister, Tom George died when his bomber was shot down over Belgium in 1942.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"1613\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Distinguished-Service-Medal.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a young man in Navy uniform\" class=\"wp-image-20034\"\/><\/figure><p>My uncle Edwin Buckingham served as a telegraphist\/sonar operator on submarines during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tutorials\/military\/second-world-war-army-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Second World War<\/a> and was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2100\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Lottie-Buckingham-and-family.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a woman, two boys and a girl in Victorian clothes\" class=\"wp-image-20035\"\/><\/figure><p>My paternal grandmother Lottie Buckingham (n\u00e9e Gane) with her daughter Lottie and sons Harry <em>(at the back)<\/em> and Edwin.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1053\" height=\"1640\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Two-Harrys.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a man with a flat cap, moustache and beard and a little boy in a sailor suit\" class=\"wp-image-20036\"\/><\/figure><p>My father Harry and his grandfather Harry Gane, who worked as a cod fisherman.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1859\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Samuel-Buckingham-and-grandfather-John-Moore-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of an old man with a beard and a little boy in a suit\" class=\"wp-image-20037\"\/><\/figure><p>My paternal great grandfather Samuel Buckingham was born in Myton, Hull, in 1856, and is shown here with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tutorials\/overseas\/best-websites-for-irish-ancestors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irish<\/a> grandfather in the early 1860s. Samuel became a skipper and owner of a fishing smack. His parents and siblings all emigrated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/tutorials\/overseas\/australian-ancestors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Australia<\/a> in the 1870s.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2024\/04\/Wartime-Wedding.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a couple getting married in the Second World War, surrounded by their guests\" class=\"wp-image-20038\"\/><\/figure><p>My father Harry Buckingham married my mother Doris May Ross in January 1942 in Cleethorpes. Harry was in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com\/feature\/the-6-best-websites-for-tracing-your-merchant-navy-family-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Merchant Navy<\/a>, repeatedly crossing the Atlantic between 1939 and 1942.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Sunday, 21 April 2024 at 09:00 AM My great grandfather William Oliver Ross, a skipper and owner of a fishing smack, is shown here with his wife Ann (n\u00e9e Perfect) and their seven children. My grandfather Horace is standing at the back. The six sons all fought in the First World War. 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