THE ETTIE FAMILY PAST

Detailed information on our family tree and history can be found on my cousin Ken's site (see Ken Ettie) which explores all the branches of the family which spread out from Ken's parents.

On the right is a picture of my Grandmother Amy Louise Ettie (nee Hall) who married my grandfather in Kensington on Christmas day in 1906.

Amy had a hard life, particularly after the death of my grandfather in 1921, this hardship led to the family being split up with the boys eventually being brought up in Greenwich Naval Orphanage and the Girls going into service.

All the boys went on to serve in the Royal Navy, all seeing action in WW2 with my father responsible for the forward secondary armament on board the King George the Fifth during its action against the Bismarck.

George Ettie (below) played a key role in the development of anti-submarine warfare being honored with a BEM for his efforts.

He served on the Belfast and was onboard when she struck a mine early in the war.

Despite severe bruising he was still fit to get married shortly after!

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Doubtless the boys gained their Sea legs from their father, who also served in both the Royal and the Merchant navy.

He served on HMS Kent during the first Battle of the Falklands.

HMS Kent was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of 9,800 tons displacement.

On the outbreak of World War 1 she was sent to the Falkland Islands where she participated in the Battle of the Falkland Islands.

The picture below shows damage sustained by the Kent during that action.