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...
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...
Any help or thoughts would be appreciated thank you Found this headstone a few years ago No John Wells died 15/11/42 (could be a middle name) I...
Hello guys, Was wondering if anyone could please help. I have some medals to couple of people, problem is that they've been mixed up and I've...
S.S. Ulea was lost after being attacked by U374 in the Atlantic, ENE of Azores. Casualties given as 13 crew, 3 gunners and 3 passengers killed....
Hi all, Trying to track down my grandad's past in the Navy. Under the impression he was in the Merchant Navy but not entirely sure. I have...
Hi, I was wondering if anybody can help me with this? I'm doing some D-Day research and I've become quite interested in the various 'behind the...
A friend has asked me to find info on their grandad but all they have is his WW2 medals. They think he may have served on HMS Shropshire and I was...
I wish to understand the detailed step-by-step process a 18 year-old would follow that took him from civilian status to becoming a rating in the...
I have been attempting to find out if the RN ashore establishment HMS Duke, at Malvern, Worcs, was used as a centre for advanced training for the...
On my father's Royal Navy Pay and Victualling record, one entry states that he was travelling to Australia between 22 December 1944 and 27 Jan...
As noted in ADM199/799, on 19th August 1941 HMT Thorbryn and was towing (probably, the sources are confused) landing craft LCT12 [A12] and LCM25...
I wonder if any of you can help solve a mystery I've discovered in my Royal Navy casualty list. MURPHY, Patrick, Stoker 1c, D/KX97072, He is...
Dear all, I have posted some information in a different thread, when 10 years ago I posted asking for help regarding a ship my Grandad served...
An online webinar organised by the Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies, Kings College London on 7/12/2021:On the 80th anniversary of the...
24th February 1941 HMS Hasty had sailed from Tobruk in company with HMS Dainty and then recovered survivors from that destroyer, after it was...
12th August 1940 Casualty Details | CWGC COLLYER, Ernest R, Able Seaman, P/J 95291, killed [NEWHAVEN CEMETERY] He may have been killed after the...
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