The master used the ship's motor-boat as a mark boat and wireless messages were sent. As a result a rescue ship picked up the survivors the next day. Captain Moore's judgment and skill were of a high order. It was due to his organization and leadership that, of the persons on board...
The Royal Navy’s form of salute is thought to have influenced the US military, whose version also involves the palm facing downwards. The different arms of the British Military have very differing ranks so, of course, in order to know if you are saluting a superior or inferior ...
1939 joined the RNVR and served in the ranks 11.1940 HMS Laurentic (armed merchant cruiser) [torpedoed & sunk 300 miles off the North coast of Ireland - picked up after 10 hours in the water by HMS Hesperus] attached to the Staff Officer Hydrographics on a Motor Launch (mined off ...
c. 07.1940 joined RNVR & served in the ranks HMS Witherington (destroyer) HMS Wildfire (RN base, Sheerness) (possibly boom defence duties) 12.06.1942 - 02.08.1942 HMS King Alfred (RNVR officers' training establishment) 16.08.1942 - (07.1945) HMS Dinosaur (Combined Operations base, Troon...
2nd Lt. 01.02.1923 26.11.1924, seniority 28.08.1924 Lt. 28.08.1926 (resigned 01.08.1931) RNVR: Prob. Lt. 01.08.1931 Lt. 31.08.1932, seniority 01.08.1931 Lt.Cdr. 01.08.1939 (reld < 04.1946) VD 07.12.1945 ? Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst 01.02.1923 commissi...