Training Ship Mercury -
The Training Ship "Mercury" -
The story of the establishment by former Mercury boy A L "Snowy" White (4151).
Published by the T S Mercury Old Boys' Association in 2003. ISBN 0 9548009 0 7.
Can be obtained from the MOBA Treasurer.
Life Worth Living
The autobiography of C.B. Fry, first published in 1939.
Reprinted by Pavilion Books Ltd., in 1986. ISBN 1 85145 027 0
C.B. The Life of Charles Burgess Fry
A biography by Clive Ellis
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., in 1984. ISBN 0 460 04654 3.
The Indomitable Beatie
A biography of Beatrice "Ma" Fry by former TS Mercury boy, Ronald Morris (3578).
Published by Sutton Publishing in 2004. ISBN 0 7509 3710 6.
Now revised, this book was previously available as 'The Captain's Lady'
Published by Chatto & Windus in 1985. ISBN 0 7011 2946 8.
Hamble, A Village History
A history of Hamble by Nicolas Robinson. Includes a chapter on TS Mercury.
Published by Kingfisher Railway Publications in 1987. ISBN 0 946184 32 1.
Can be obtained from the following address: 83 Satchell Lane, Hamble, Southampton SO31 4HH.
C.B. Fry: His Golden Years at West End (1898 -
By Pauline Berry.
Published 2004. ISBN 0 9540899 1 X.
C.B. Fry, An English Hero
A definitive biography by Iain Wilton.
Published by Richard Cohen Books in 1999. ISBN 1 86066 170 X.
The following books have also been written by or about T S Mercury Old Boys:
From Mercury to Mines
Biography of former Mercury boy Lt. Cdr. Roy Berryman Edwards DSO RN (1507)
by his daughter Sylvia Hammond.
Published by Hammond Publishing in 2006. ISBN 0 9552989 0 3.
Available form the author. Telephone +44 (0) 1474 832490.
First Prize for Signals
Autobiography of former Mercury boy Donald Orde (2382).
Published by Corinne Orde in 2000.
The Crew -
By former Mercury boy Tom Peppitt (3620)
Published by Chaffcutter Books in 2000. ISBN 0 9532422 2 6.
The Price of Surrender 1941: The War in Crete
By former Mercury boy Ernest Walker (1777)
Published by Blandford Books in 1992. ISBN 0 7137 22967.
For those who wish to know more about the history of T.S. "Mercury" and the remarkable people who were associated with the place the following is a list of books which are either in print or which may be available through a lending library or from a book search organisation.
The Last Of The Last
Autobiography of former Mercury boy, Claude Choules (1392)
At the time of this update (December 2009), Claude is the last remaining combatant of WWI.
Published by Hesperian Press, Australia in 2009. ISBN ISBN 978 0 85905 480 5.
Available from publisher (www.hesperianpress.com).
The Lunatic Spy
The extraordinary autobiography of former Mercury boy and British spy, Frank Groundsell (0857).
Published by Jarrolds Publishers (London) Ltd., in 1935.
Now a rare book and copies are difficult to locate.