The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The mode
His son writes: "My father joined the Royal Navy in 1937. His first ship was HMS Bedouin. He left her and was sent to the USA to serve aboard the USS Phillips, re-named HMS Lancaster, one of the 50 ships that the USA sold to the UK. After that he went into Combined Operations,...
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Joseph Frederick Terretta (1900-1990), Merchant Navy, and Edith Cudlip (1901-1988). Married ((06?).1950, Fylde district, Lancashire) Gertrude A. "Trudie" Barnes. 18.09.1922 Runcorn district, Cheshire - 06.2010 still alive T/A/S/Lt. 02.06.1944 T/S.Lt. 02.12.1944 (reld > 04.1946) ...
served in the ranks for 8 years, 143 days (12.1940) - (04.)1941 Officer Commanding, No. 3 Company, RM Brigade (later RM Division) Re-inforcement Depot (Hayling Island) (06.)1941 - 20.09.1943 15th (Support) Battalion RM, from about 06.1942 15th (Machine Gun) Battalion RM (101st RM...
( January 1945: Active service on HMS Nairana, an aircraft carrier, as Sub Lieutenant G. Lee RNVR. HMS Nairana (D05) was the lead ship of Royal Navy's Nairana-class escort carriers in WW2, operated escorting convoys & doing anti-submarine work in the Atlantic& Arctic. At one stage, ...
Left Merchant Navy 08.03.1932. 17.05.1938 enrolled Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve (attached to Severn Division RNVR) 11.09.1939 enlisted RNVR 23.10.1939 - (02.)1941 Commanding Officer, HMS Chico (echo sounding yacht) 29.03.1941 - (10.)1941 HMS Cheshire (armed merchant cruiser) 14.1...