At 8am on 31st January 1946 Sub-Lieutenant Eric Wotherspoon, RNVR, was relieved from watch on HMS Arbiter, then in port at Belfast. He was not...
Good morning all. In a few weeks' time I will be meeting a gentleman who served in the Royal Navy and landed on Omaha Beach alongside the...
Hello All, I'm researching a uniformed admiralty civilian, who served as a Royal Naval armaments supply officer during WWII. I have his service...
This is the latest book by Andrew Boyd, a naval historian, whose name appears here a few times. Just found a splendid review in The Spectator a...
Hi Whilst I'm waiting for his Service Papers (up to 12 months) I have a few initial questions on his training. His Certificate of Service said...
I am researching an Edmund Michael Flood, born 1900, who served as a Boy in WWI with no. J82047. I managed to track him down until 1929 when he...
The ex-British Army officer and now a military historian, plus a consultant and author Jim Storr is a friend and he recently posted a provocative...
I am trying to find out if a British RN officer was part of a landing craft flotilla on Omaha Beach on D Day. I only have a name and DOB but...
The catalyst for this was a comment on a recent thread about the bravery of Italian Navy frogmen and then an offline exchange with an enthusiastic...
I've been looking at WW2 (1944) era nautical flag poles and would like to distinguish what flags would have been used on these poles by the Royal...
I have recently found out that my grandfather may have served in the navy during WW2. We were always of the opinion that he worked as a fireman at...
Discovered a 2018 PhD thesis (pgs. 276) by the South African writer Evert Kleynhans via academia.edu and the Abstract states:The majority of...
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone could kindly help interpret some handwriting on the attached Royal Navy record. I see: "Service character...
Hi all, putting on a small exhibition in my home village to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. One royal naval vessel adopted by the town...
Searching for James Brown from Southampton dob 19th June 1925 served in Royal Navy and was in Glasgow in 1945 when he married Phyllis English...
Hi I am trying to trace the service history of my father Robert Arthur Westbrook JX 453940 who was an Ordinary Telegraphist. I have obtained a...
I am researching a naval rating. His service record contains a stamp as in the attached file. The reference D.N.A. is a 1942 number - what is...
Hi, just here trying to find out more on the gentleman posted above, originally found this site based on pictures and a photo my grandmother had...
I am trying to find information on my uncle, sadly no longer with us, who served with the Royal Navy and was at Juno Beach on 6th June....
Hi all This is my first post and wondered if anyone could help with my Grandads Navy record. When I was a child I remember seeing some old...
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