Hello, I am trying to find out service information for my Grandad (now dead) and I have little to go off. I have a picture of him, and I know he...
Hi, I've attached an extract from a WWII Royal Navy service record I've recently received. I'm hoping to get some assistance on what the...
Hello, As is well-know, the Royal Navy decided to shift from coal-powered warships to oil-powered warship in 1911 or so. Winston Churchill, then...
The Naval Historical Branch has made the 1939 Admiralty War Diaries available to download, with the stated intention of making further diaries...
Initially this 2nd post about Operation Torch and the Tunisian campaign was going to be about the sinking of HMS Karanja a Landing Ship Infantry...
After the formal surrenders of Japanese forces in Tokyo Bay and Singapore for two examples, Lombok an island in the Dutch East Indies (DEI),...
I`m currently reseaching a convoy in which the report from the log of HMS Capetown states: "Ocean escorts carried out R.I.X., R.C.X. and V/S...
Hi I have a VM and BWM for the below gent in WW1 but it appears he fought in WW2 and gained a MID And wondered if anybody could assist with more...
Hi all, I hope you are well. While looking through my Grandfathers things I came a cross the following WW2 record. I am wondering if anyone could...
A podcast from Bletchley Park (1h 20m) and the summary explains:Eighty years ago, in July 1942 the Allies suffered one of their most notorious...
Hello I have been lurking a while, so I will start with some thanks to this forum! I never would have found any details at all about my Dad's...
Hi all With the outbreak of war with Japan on the 7th December, HMS Revenge was recalled from escorting convoy BA-10, a Bombay to Aden convoy,...
Destroyer HMS Hero suffered the following casualties on the 28th March. ROGERS, Albert J, Able Seaman, C/JX 174132, killed [ChM] WYLLIE,...
Hi, My father served at HMS St Angelo during three periods between November 1945 and May 1946. On two occasions, his service record says "HMS St...
Hi all, Just wanted to introduce myself. I just received my Grandfather's WW2 service records (finally) and am starting to decode them so to...
While looking for information on Boom Defense Vessels, these popped up on Dr Google. Thought those of you interested in the RN might be...
Another gem from the website of Tony Comer, the former GCHQ Historian, on a broad theme and very analytical: Sigint Historian: Ten avoidable...
Casualties relating to the/ or connections with the Isle of Wight during WW2 001 ABBOTT AA 7888865 4TH QUEEN'S OWN HUSSARS 01/09/1942 ROYAL...
I am interested to learn more about the work and day-to-day routines that were followed at Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital Cholmondeley Castle...
Does anybody have any details on a clash during the night 3rd-4th December 1941, which resulted in damage being listed in ADM234/444 for the...
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