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...
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...
HMS Mary Rose So I’ve finished my research into Dad’s WWII Royal Navy service and have one nagging query. An entry in the 2023 Royal Navy search...
A friend whose father died when she was very young has asked me to 'translate/explain' his service record, which she obtained from MoD....
My dad was a Royal Navy Signalman based on HMS Nile, would he have had that name on his cap tally??
I'm looking for help compiling information on the 20 RN/RM casualties commemorated on Chatham Naval Memorial from D-DAY. In particular i'm after...
Hi, this is my first post, saying hello to you all. What has brought me here is I'm trying to figure out a photo of my grandfather. He is in a...
The folowing is part of appendix 8, NAVAL WARFARE AND INTELLIGENCE ALONG THE NORTH AFRICAN COASTS, JANUARY – JUNE 1942, from Michele Palermo's...
For the past 8 years or so, I've been collecting data and mapping the locations of all the ships that were sunk in World War II as a result of the...
Hi all, Warspite and Orion are both credited by numerous sources as having fired the first naval round on D-DAY. It's my understanding that Orion...
During current research into my Fathers WW2 Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve service, I discovered the following book: HOSTILITIES ONLY - TRAINING...
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