World War Two sailor feared dead in torpedo attack turns 100 A Royal Navy sailor who was reported dead during World War Two has celebrated his...
Saturday 3rd October 1942 COOPER, Albert, Able Seaman, P/JX 209686, killed [PoM] PRYOR, Cyril I, Stoker 1c, RFR, P/SS 120664, killed [PoM]...
Does anyone know exactly when the Royal Navy stopped the practice of putting a ship's name on cap tallies? I have a photo of my father with a 'HM...
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2733986/joseph-edward-chamberlain/ CHAMBERLAIN, Joseph E, Able Seaman, C/J99391...
A forum member, Fatboy Coxy, since December 2021 has been writing a thread on this often controversial subject for the British Commonwealth,...
Hi. I’m looking for some help in how to fill a gap in my grandads RN records. As his actual service records are incomplete I have a better idea of...
Wiki says that HMS Enchantress was a Bitten class sloop and was intended for use as an Admiralty Yacht. What is an Admiralty Yacht? HMS...
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 am trying to understand what these 2 lines mean in this service record attached below. "Lent: Captain G.5.1 [sic], CPO Tel, 23 Dec 1943 -...
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...
I've been researching Operation Jubilee/Dieppe Raid for some time and have been trying to identify the RN casualties suffered during the day....
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...
Hello I am hoping you can help with researching the above. His ancestry records from the Allied Airman Roll of Honour state "Crashed Over the...
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...
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