Decorations Mentioned in Despatches Next of kin address Mary Francis Crockett UK Mother Beatrice Father Charles More info Montague Charles Chandor was born in January 1897, one of eight children to Montage Charles and Beatrice Chandor. His father was born in the USA of Austro Hungarian parents while his mother was English. He entered the navy as Boy second class on HMS Impregnable and from there went to HMS Ganges until October 1913. He was a Boy Signalman for the latter part of his time at Ganges and afterwards at St Vincent, before being rated Signalman in January 1915 and posted to HMS Colossus in October 1915. He remained in Colossus for two years and was promoted to Leading Signalman in November 1916. Chandor married Mary Frances Crockett in 1916 (aged 18) and had 3 children. He continued to serve in the navy rising to the rank of Chief Yeoman of Signals by 1934 and he was released from service in October 1938. In 1939 he had civilian employment as a traffic clerk in the air ministry. He died in 1966 at Henley Oxfordshire. CALM Reference: 1987.452/6: Signalman Montagu Charles Chandor was Mentioned in Despatches (MID) a certificate was issued to signalman Montagu Charles Chandor in respect of his service at the battle of Jutland aboard the battleship HMS Colossus. He went on to have a long career in the RN attaining the rate of Chief Yeoman of Signals and being awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct medal. HMS Colossus formed part of Admiral Jellicoe’ s First Battle Squadron . He compiled an album during his service on board HMS Hawkins (1917) on the china station c. 1920 – 1930 HMSTamar (1863) HMS Peterel (1941) , various groups of ships , planes, Chinese people and boats . Also included are Navy groups on HMS Hawkins , cups won , children’s party , scenes of devastation after a communist rising, and ships pets. Scenes of coaling ship, Japanese battleships , topographical photos of Hong Kong , Singapore , China , Malaysia, and Manila . When the First World War began in August 1914, Colossus became the flagship of the 1st Battle Squadron, commissioned in August 1911 she mounted ten 12 inch guns as main armament, with a tonnage of 22,700 tons with a top speed of 21 knots. While commanded by Captain Dudley Pound, who became First Sea Lord in WW2, she fought with distinction at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 while acting as the flagship of Rear-Admiral Ernest Gaunt. During the battle, Colossus took two hits which caused minor damage and nine casualties. When the war came to a close, Colossus became a training ship until 1920 when, under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty, she was stricken and eventually broken up in 1928. Her sister-ship Hercules was scrapped in 1921.