FMAA John Gumbleton
Level/ Rank / Title
FMAA
First Name
John
Surname
Gumbleton
Nickname
Date Served
Joined RB / RNP
Decorations / Awards
Crossed the Bar
21 December 1989
Ships/ Establishments/Base/Command HQ
Service History: HMS Ark Royal, HMS Drake, HMS Raleigh.
With gratitude for your service and friendship as a fellow member of the Regulating Branch, Royal Navy Police or Royal Navy.
Nigel Carpenter – Chairman served with John and his brother. Both absolute characters and brilliant leaders and very well respected within the branch.
Rest in eternal peace. Safe anchorage.
If, as a member of the community you have additional service information, please contact a member of the Association Committee directly or by email at welfare@rba93.com. Please include the reference CTB and full name in the email header.
Funeral and celebration of life service:
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Carried forward: John passed the bar 21 December 1989. He had just had a knee reconstruction so as to better referee/umpire and over the December caught a particularly bad flu, he progressively had a great deal of difficulty breathing and unfortunately didn’t last the night. I miss his ‘gentle’ remonstrations!
One great story was when John served on the Ark, Merv would visit and he and his brother would split up and when one of them had remonstrated with some poor unfortunate,
he’d still be whinging and cursing when he bumped into the other one!! Double dose… – Lou Cox
Carried forward: One of the Gumbletons were the Discipline RPO in Raleigh and at the same time the other was Discipline RPO in Fisgard (I can’t remember who was where). If a visitor from one establishment or the other was picked up for anything the Discipline RPO would order them to report to the Discipline RPO in their own establishment at the double. (For those who may not know, Raleigh and Fisgard were on opposite sides of the same road in Torpoint) The miscreant would double back to the other Reg Office and be amazed to find that the RPO had arrived before him as if by magic. In 1986 I was the MAA on the main gate in Drake and John was employed in the barracks as a civilian, having been retired for a few years. Every morning he would draw his keys with a cheery “Morning Master” and I would reply with “Morning Sir”. Old habits are hard to break – Bill Jarvis.