This lists the latest Peals and Quarter Peals achieved by the Royal Naval Guild of Bellringers and will eventually list all the peals completed by the RNGB, including two which were achieved before the official formation of the Guild.

Details of earlier successful Quarter Peals can be found by clicking here

RNGB Quarter Peal  to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 accession to the throne.

Some of the band have family connections to the Battle as follows: 

COMMANDER J.G.P. INGHAM DSO ROYAL NAVY (above), uncle of James Ingham (Captain Royal Navy retired) was Executive Officer of HMS WARRIOR at the battle.  HMS WARRIOR, a cruiser of 13,550 tons, was heavily damaged in the battle and was taken in tow by HMS ENGADINE who transferred her surviving ship’s company.  She was very low in the water and later, in a rising sea, she was abandoned and sank. Commander Ingham retired in the 1920’s and was recalled to further service in 1939. 

Anna Gawley’s Great Grandfather Frederick Brookes, joined the RN in 1904 on his 18th birthday. He went from shipyard riveter to signal boy and on to become petty officer.  From 1912 until the end of the war, he was in HMS COCHRANE and was at the Battle of Jutland as a leading signalman.  HMS COCHRANE was a Duke of Edinburgh class cruiser of 13,550 tons and was in the Second Cruiser Squadron, commanded by Captain Eustace La Trobe Leatham.  Leatham’s account of the proceedings states that for much of the battle, she was in line behind HMS MINOTAUR with her visibility obscured by MINOTAUR’s funnel smoke for practically the whole of the action, so did not engage the enemy.  In 1918 she broke in two when aground in the River Mersey and was broken up in situ.  Fred was demobbed in 1919 becoming a motor engineer’s clerk at what would have been Thorneycroft in Basingstoke.  He died in 1929 of cancer aged only 43.

Mark Robins

Greenwich 300 July 2014

The weather for the day was perfect, sunny but not hot with a good breeze.  We all met early at St Alfege, Greenwich, in an area buzzing with visitors, school trips and amidst concert practice in the church.  Joan was accompanied by Christina McGilligan-Fell, director of the John Harrison Foundation, and we were told that Officials from the nearby Royal Observatory were also aware of our visit and had come to listen, so no pressure on us!

We got going promptly and rang a very good quarter of Grandsire Triples on the back 8 of this majestic and lovely sounding 10.  The ringing was a credit to the band.  We then proceeded to the Meridian Ringers local pub, the Ashburnam Arms, to an excellent lunch and then on to St Michael, Woolwich.  This 12 cwt 8 went ok but the trebles were difficult to hear amidst the back bells.  Jenny unfortunately fell and hurt her shoulder on our way to lunch, so felt unable to ring and was replaced by our host Graham, of the Meridian Ringers, who kindly agreed to stand in.  We started with Plain Bob Major but it was clear after a few minutes that it wasn’t going to go, so we switched to Plain Bob Triples.  We were more successful with triples and, although not without incident, scored the quarter.  Then, after farewells, we all headed off home with an enjoyable day behind us.

A particular thank you is due to Graham Long of the Meridian Ringers for the arrangements, hosting us so well and stepping in to ring at short notice.

RNGB 40th anniversary of the first Peal Quarter Peal Day 2019 Report – please click on heading for details

RNGB Armistice Centenary Quarter Peal Day 2018 Report – please click on heading for details

RNGB Queen’s Birthday Quarter Peal Day 2017 Report – please click on heading for details

RNGB Quarter Peal Day 2017 Report – please click on heading for report and details