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H.M.S Victory in dry dock Portsmouth
Henry Charles Boyland sailed in this ship
H.M.S ASIA
HMS Cambrian John Boyland 1825-1852
H.M.S Cambrian was a 36 gun frigate,she was commissioned 0n the 20th August 1841,seeing action in the East Indies and China being involved in the first Anglo-China war before retuning to England. John Boyland was discharged from HMS Cambrian on the 19th November 1850. 1850 to 1851 he was based in H.M Dockyard Portsmouth After which he joined his next ship HMS Rattler on the 10th October 1851 sailing to Rangoon,Burma,leaving behind his wife Sarah,son John James Dunning Boyland b.1848,and three month old daughter Matilda Ann Boyland. At some stage durings his service aboard HMS Cambrian,his travels to other countries gave him an opportunity to have produced by possibly a local trades person a little trinket,thinking maybe this he could give to Sarah on his return. This was a coin,an Indian one Rupee coin with the back ground off and engraved with a picture of his ship HMS Cambrian and his name. You will see that his name is shown to be J S Boyland,whereas I have never during all of my research found him to be anything other than just John Boyland. More information from researched records show that John was Captain of the Forecastle(a petty officer grade) aboard HMS RATTLER. An extract from the ships log shows that John Boyland (CFC) departed this life at 2050 hours on April 16th 1852. 17th April anchored off RANGOON,party sent ashore to bury deceased. For his part in the Naval Battle for PEGU,he was awarded the INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL which was sent to his Widow on 3rd April 1856. Subsequently,the medal,India General Service 1854-95,1 clasp,Pegu,John Boyland,Capt.F.Castle.HMS Rattler, was auctioned by John's Widow and sold for £130 pounds at that time. Parents of John were John Dunning Boyland 1795 and Ann Miller 1792
Portsmouth Memorial Plaque in Remembrance of Officers and ratings from HMS Rattler.
HMS Rattler One Rupee coin with engraving of HMS Cambrian
Picture of the coin below.---courtesy of Greg Capps, coin collector and writer from the United States.
Indian (under British Rule) Rupee.
This sign below probably enticed many Portsmouth men into the Royal
Boards such as this one would have been seen fixed to walls and gates surrounding the HM Dockyard and other prominent places,the message reads:- Two Guineas Bounty Will be given immediately by the Corporation of Portsmouth to volunteers who shall enter the service of the Royal Navy. March 10th 1795
HMS Pygmy
John James Dunning Boyland served aboard this ship.
He was born in Malthouse Lane,Landport, Portsea,Hants on 28th May 1848. On 22nd March 1868 he married Angelina White from Dorset. The log book of HMS Pygmy of 1866 to 1870 shows that John's number was L5 12 and he was a Warrent Officers servant.(batman) He had joined HMS Pygmy on 27th February 1867 and was also recorded as being a Commodores servant.His conduct always described as excellent. On October 19th 1870 John was granted shore leave for 19 days. He left the Royal Navy and on 23rd January 1871 he joined the Metropolitan Police in London and served in Clapham and Lambeth. He was discharged on 28th May 1872 and on 15th June 1872 he joined the Hampshire Police Force but only remained with them until 13th February 1873 when he resigned. His next movements are a bit sketchy but it appears that he joined HMS Tamar (a shore base) and remained there until 19th May 1876 and was discharged. On the 6th April 1877 John joined the Water Police in Sydney,Australia as officer number 2930. He was appointed as constable and later promoted to Detective 3rd class on 1st of October1878. He was Detective first class by the time of his death in 1880 Whilst in Australia he married bigamously to a Rebecca Ware and lived for only six months after the wedding. Angelina the legal wife of John remarried in 1886 to Johns cousin Henry Charles Boyland,and had five more children, making a grand total of ten children.Angelina died in 1921 aged 71 years. When John left England for Australia,his wife Angelina was pregnant and gave birth to a son named Albert on 4th March 1878,about the time John that John was promoted to Detective first class,and never knew his son Albert. Albert married Annie Brady on 17th January 1904 at St.Peters Italian Church,Holborn London,both aged 23. He was shown as being in the Royal Navy,and she was a barmaid at the Middlesex Arms,Clerkenwell Green,London. Their children were born in Portsmouth. Albert Edward 6th October 1904. Frances 1906 Beatrice 1908 Willie M. 1910 ( Willie M, could probably be William Mark,but not certain)
H M S Broke
Albert Boyland served aboard HMS Broke during the Second Battle of Dover Straight 20th-21st April 1917. During this period two groups of German Navy Torpedo boats raided the Dover Straight to bombard Allied positions on shore and to engage warships patrolling the area.Six torpedo boats bombarded Calais and another six bombarded Dover just before midnight. Two flotilla leaders of the Royal Navy--HMS Broke and HMS Swift were on patrol near Dover and engaged six of the German ships early on 21st April near the Goodwin Sands. In a confusing action,HMS Swift torpedoed SMS G85, HMS Broke rammed SMS G42,and the two ships became locked together. For a while,there was close-quarters fighting between the crews,as the German sailors tried to board the British ship, before HMS Broke managed to get free and G42 sank. HMS Swift was slightly damaged,but HMS Broke was heavily damaged and had to be towed back to port. The other ten German torpedo boats made it back to port without loss. (Information from Wikipedia)
Transcription of Alberts service records.
Memorials in Southsea,Portsmouth Naval Memorial. ( On Clarence Esplanade,Southsea Common) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albert Edward Boyland was born in Portsmouth on 16th October 1904 Parents were Albert Boyland and Annie Brady.
Albert Edward Boyland served aboard this ship 13th May 1925 to 2nd September 1927
More Portsmouth men of the Royal Navy. John Boyland served on HMS Howe,Inis & Cambrian John James Dunning Boyland served on HMS Pigmy. Henry Charles Boyland served on HMS Asia Edward Boyland served on HMS Alexandra Samuel Boyland served on HMS Asia James Boyland served on HMS Asia &Victory 2 Henry Boyland served on HMS Duke of Wellington Sidney Charles Maxwell Boyland served on HMS Submarine Telemachus
Sidney Charles Maxwell Boyland 1920-2004
John Boyland served on HMS Sultan John Boyland served on Tamair Contest William Henry Boyland served on HMS Malabar William Boyland served on HMS Victoria and Albert Ernest Charles Boyland served on HMS Ganges,London, Goodhope,Victory 1, Venerable,Excellent,Southampton,Amethyst,Fisgard,and Renown.
Probably many more,but at this time these are all that I have recorded,These men served on more than one ship,probably moved around quite a lot,accurate records not easy to find,at least,I have not found it so.also I believe that many of these men may well have been tempted to join the Royal Navy,by the two guinees bounty,because some were Portsmouth volunteers.
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