Tim (Don) HILLER
Ken HINCHCLIFFE
May 84 - Dec 86
Was a WEM(O) onboard from May 84 to Dec 86, which makes him another Global 86 vet and a decent one too!! He didn't hang around to bore post deployment new joiners completely sh*tless with Global 86 dits!!! Ken, who now resides in the Surrey stockbroker belt, failed miserably in his attempt to join the Diplomatic Corps in Dar-es-Salaam, whilst at the the same time securing his place in the ships' boxing team.
Mark "Ginge" HISCUTT
82 - 83
Ginge Hiscutt was an AB(M) who joined the ship in Barrow having just survived the sinking of HMS Sheffield. Like all first commishioners, his "firsts" include the first swimmer of the watch drills in the river at Barrow and he also won the first beard growing competition onboard. Now clean shaven - wife's directive - he left the Mighty Manch after the 83 Falklands trip. Ginge now works for BP - the company who transported him home from his first trip to the Falklands (British Esk). (He is also the first former Reggy to join the Association!). Joined 4th June 2007.
John HOLLAND
82 - 85 and 88 -90
John lives in Liverpool and was an AB(M) for the first commission 82 - 85 and subsequently re-joined as a killick for the period 88 - 90. He came across the Association when browsing the web for a ships crest...we know how sought after Manchester crests are on Merseyside!!
Les HOWARD
George HUBBARD
Late 80's
George was a staunch member of the white mafia, a PO plate layer and pillow fluffer. A man of many talents, among George's many claims to fame was the time he grippoed in Mombers when in deepest darkest Africa for a little R+R. Keen to impress his host with all his deep sea experience whilst lolling around on host's floating gin-palace, George's first trick was to genuinely demonstrate the art of spewing up over the side without messing up the paintwork!! A very genuine social hand grenade - amongst his run ashore oppo's was BTC!! George left the mob in 97 and has since emigrated to...Scotland!! George also has a starring role on the website of
another ship - HMS Yarmouth.
Bob HUBBLE
88 - 90
Bob was the most under employed man onboard on account he was the helo pilot and the aircraft was invariably AOG! Undeterred, our hero assumed the role of Fleet TV critic and could invariably be found in the "Bunhouse" dressed in his goon suit watching hours and hours of CCTV, multi repeats included. Such was his prowess at this new pastime, his favourite seat - which he rarely vacated - was known to his oppo's as the Hubble Space Telly Scope!!! Bob, who now flies for a world famous airline known locally as BA (Bob's Airline!), heard about the Association from Al Denham.
Douglas HULL
84 - 86
Born in Melrose and educated in Hawick, Rugby enthusiast Dougie Hull - he's been a player coach and referee - was a POWEM(O) onboard the Mighty Manch, from 84-86, and was denied a berth on the world cruise due to a serious rugby injury that caused him discomfort when getting out of his scratcher in time to go ashore! A full career electrician, Dougie has fixed phones and bunk lights on Maidstone, Plymouth, Nubian, Euryalus, Fearless, Triumph, Miner5a, Lincoln and Kent, a list of warships that will no doubt have our younger members searching their personal copies of Jane's Frightening Ships and old I-Spy BR's for details! Dougie's best run ashore was... Manchester, although this did not come without some personal grief from his then wife...she simply did not believe that D95's then Comms Maintainer could not find a serviceable phone where the ship was berthed...in Liverpool! (Mobile phones had not been invented at this time!). Dougie says this is perfectly true even if his speech was somewhat impaired by all the post match hospitality in the 0161 metropolis! Now long retired the Pusser, and Rugby, Dougie is the proud owner of a bus pass which he uses to travel around Pompey. He heard about the Association from Percy Purcell. Joined 15th May 2008.
Peter HULL
Alan IVISON
Steve JACK
(Carol)
Andy "Jesse" JAMES
Desmond JONES
(Taff the Rocket)
Roger JONES
(Yvonne)
The Reverend Gary KEITH
10th April 2007
Having an 'all souls' ministry and being 'friend and advisor to all' it is vitally important that I drink my way around all the messdecks, something I do with great zeal and alacrity!!! The dispensing of morale has become a key feature of my work onboard as I conduct my regular 2 deck bimbles. Unfortunately the morale of one young Wafoo was recently adversely affected by me whilst ashore. After spending all night wooing a particular young lady, 5 minutes in the company of the 'Bishmeister' saw her lose total interest in him. He was gutted to say the least! Of course being a man of the cloth the encounter did not develop beyond verbal dialogue. As an avid sportsman I feel it important to participate in all the sporting activities. Sadly my first session of circuit training did not go particularly well and saw me leaving a large amount of skin on the flight deck. You might say that the Mighty Manch and I are now as one! As an ex-POMA and CPO(FS) I have certainly found my new role incredibly challenging but equally rewarding and fantastic fun! The Stoker's Mess have been particularly hospitable, and I have now been initiated as an 'Honorary Stoker'! On a serious note I shall be holding all the members of the HMS MANCHESTER Association very much in my thoughts and prayers and if I can ever be of any assistance, or if you need the odd Grace, just give me a call. With Every Blessing. The Bishmeister. Joined 12th June 2007.
Peter KELLETT
Andrew "Andy" KEMP
87 - 89
Andy Kemp joined Pusser UK Ltd., in 1983, and in an 8 year career cracked three Type 42's - Exeter, Newcastle and the best of them all - the Mighty Manch, before having the courage of his convictions and transferring to the Royal Australian Navy in 1991. Onboard D95 87 - 90, as a killick radar helo controller - a really cushy number - in the Hubble/Hirgi era (where is Abi?), he rates this draft as his best time in the Andrew even if he did have to share a mess with Ned Naylor, Boff Bancroft, Red Snape, Steve Jack, Peter Burnett, Mick Thorne, Lenny Goodwin and Harry the B@stard to name but a few!! Andy selected Singapore as his best run ashore where the aforementioned were all relieved of run ashore oppo duties in preference to his wife!! (shock, what? News Exclusive!) Andy's time with the Royal Australian Navy saw him sailing the Southern Ocean and adjacent small seas onboard Derwent, Adelaide, Arunta and Warramunga. He retired from Pusser Oz Ltd., in 2007 and is now a human resources manager for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in Perth, Western Australia. Joined 16th June 2008.
Errol KEPPLE
Ian KIFF
(Sarah)
Jim "Big Chips" KIRKLAND
95 - 96
Born in Glasgow and raised in Newcastle as part of a preconceived plan to ensure he had a good speaking voice to become a communicator for Pusser UK Ltd. Jim practiced the phonetic alphabet - Wey I man - onboard Battleaxe and Nottingham before gaining his sought after draft to D95. Indeed, so keen was Jim to join Her Majesty's Finest, he arrived courtesy of a swop draft just 7 days afer completing a seven month Adriatic adventure on Nottingham... and promptly set off for the Gulf!! (Evidently Nottingham was refit bound and our canny comms rate didn't fancy a whole year stuck to the carpet in the Royal Naval School of Dancing!). During his time onboard D95 he rates Singapore as the best run ashore, and educational too - he learned there are businesswomen and businesswomen. Some are high flying executives and managers...and some are something else! Liking Singers so much, Jim decided to leave a small personal memento behind...and chose his ID card, a somewhat expensive gift!! Jim's later career saw him on Montrose and Sheffield before he hung his signal pad up in 2000. Proud of the two GCBs he gained during his seafaring days - a triumph of crime over detection - Jim now works as a telecoms engineer re-programming voice activated digital phones to respond to the Geordie accent!! He found out about the Association from Facebook. Joined 13th June 2008.
Dave LANCASTER
Steve "Shady" LANE
(Elizabeth)
