* though Navy List gives as date of appointment 02.10.1939, his service record states 20.07.1940 Adams, George Frederick William Son of Frederick K. Adams, and Margaret Adams. 02.12.1888 St Luke's, Holborn district, Greater London - 29.05.1959 Bath, Somerset Boy II 03.07.1905 [234271] ....
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09.1939 submarine service 02.1940 - (04.1940) third hand, HMS H 32 (submarine) 06.1940 - (12.1940) HMS Tribune (submarine) 01.01.1941 - (04.)1942 Commanding Officer, HMS Trasher (submarine) 03.05.1942 - (06.)1942 submarine Commanding Officers' course, Portsmouth [HMS Dolphin] (08.1942) no...
Some details you may be able to discover include an individual’s name, rank, seniority, and place of service. There are 147 titles included in this collection and are as follows: The Navy List, 1827 List of the Flag Officers & Other Commissioned Officers, 1831 List of the Officers of ...
01.12.1979 Completed Service (age 60) 09.1933 enrolled, Navy League Sea Cadets, Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Captain Vancouver 25.03.1935 Apprentice Seaman, motor ship "Berganger" (Vancouver to Le Havre) 04.1935 Trainee, training ship "Mercury" (Hamble, Hampshire) 06.05.1936 Boy 2nd class, ...
Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945Looking for details on a RN officer not listed here yet? Just e-mail me, and I might be able to help out. Of course, any additions, corrections etc. can also be e-mailed.Note. In naval circles it is custom to refer to the commander of a vessel...
An understanding of the officers of the executive branch of the Royal Navy between the two world wars is impossible without first understanding their service, the Royal Navy, and them in the sense of who they were as a part of that service. Unfortunately, the literature is quite sparse, and...
the entries on the Battle of Helgoland Bight in August 1914 and the sinking of three British cruisers byU9in September 1914 have been significantly improved by use of theNaval Staff Monographs.These were written between the two world wars by Royal Navy staff officers for internal RN use, which...
The Royal Marines Commandos are an elite fighting force, they are part of the Naval Service and under the full command of the Fleet Commander. The rank structure of the Corps is similar to that of the British Army. Uniquely, in the Royal Marines, officers and all other ranks undergo ...
2.) "Andrew Miller" - allegedly a particularly "effective" commander of a Press Gang, who "recruited" thousands of sailors into the early C19th Royal Navy... but no records have been found of an Impressment Service officer of this name! OR... 3.) "Andrew Walker" - supposedly owner ...