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Ditsworthy Warren House

Searching for the spelling of Ditsworthy, I resorted to a Google search and was led to the Wikipedia page on Ditsworthy Warren House (DWH). I had visited DWH from Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. I was sent to BRNC as a cadet from Pakistan Navy in September of 1958 and passed out from there as a Sub Lieutenant in late December 1960.

Wikipedia article does mention that DWH was leased to the British Admiralty but not that the control of the property, which was in ruins for the best part, had been placed by the latter with BRNC for outward bounding training of its cadets and midshipmen. Hence I had the occasion to go to DWH a few times both as a cadet then as a midshipman. We were tasked by the College to assist in rebuilding the ruined stone structure of the House and also to carry out an outward bounding exercise on the fog-ridden Dartmoor. Below is a picture of me with DWH in the background: (I have some other pictures at DWH which I can send you if desired.) It can be seen that the main house had been rebuilt by the previous visitors from BRNC and we had to work on outhouses, not very visible in the picture. My purpose in bringing this to your notice was to place on record the contribution of the trainees of BRNC in rebuilding the ruined WDH. Regrettably the running of BRNC is now done by a company on contract so I am not sure what records have been kept of the trainees' effort. I shall be grateful if this email is acknowledged to me. Thank you. Regards, abidmujtaba, email: abid.mujtaba@gmail.com, 22 November 2014, 18:21 Pak Standard Time Abidmujtaba (talk) 13:26, 22 November 2014 (UTC)