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==Records== | ==Records== | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/atoz/r.htm National Archives Guides:Browse our research guidance , letter R] Select Royal Navy and Royal Navy Personnel. Includes | |
| + | **[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person/royalnavyrating1853-1923.htm Looking for records of a rating in the Royal Navy 1853-1923] | ||
| − | + | *A great number of service records for seamen who joined the '''Royal Navy''' between 1853 and 1923 are now online and can be searched and downloaded at the [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/royal-navy-service.asp relevant documents online]section of the [[The National Archives]] website. There is no charge for the initial search but a small fee applies to obtain sight of the full record. | |
| − | + | *Other [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/navy.asp Navy Records] held at the National Archives include Officers’ service records (1756-1917) and wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786-1822). – many of these records can also be searched and downloaded. | |
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| − | [http:// | + | *[http://www.fleetairarm.com/royal-navy-royal-marines-services-records.aspx Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service Records held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum]. The FAA Museum is located at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, (also known as HMS Heron). The FAA Museum generally does not hold records of service for those who enlisted after about 1925, which are still held in the custody of the Ministry of Defence |
| − | + | **[http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/royal-naval-division-records-1914-1919 Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1919] on [[Findmypast|findmypast]]. The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916. | |
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| − | + | ==''Navy List''== | |
| − | + | *For links to a selection from 1782 -1945 searchable online see [http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Military_periodicals_online#Navy_List Military Periodicals online- Navy Lists] | |
| − | + | *The pay website Ancestry has a broken range of editions of the [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2406 ''Navy List''] from 1888 to 1970. These are searchable by name and linked to relevant page images. | |
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| − | + | ==Medal Rolls== | |
| − | + | Free downloads of the Naval Medal Rolls are available from the National Archives website, or the same information is available on the pay website Ancestry. See the page [[Medal Rolls]] for details. | |
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/battles/ancestors/navy.htm Military Ancestors: Royal Navy] from the National Archives' British Battles | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/battles/ancestors/navy.htm Military Ancestors: Royal Navy] from the National Archives' British Battles | ||
| + | *[http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html Naval: Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History Index] from [http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/ pbenyon.plus.com] | ||
| + | *[http://www.1914-1918.net/63div.htm The 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in 1914-1918]. 1914-1918.net. The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916. | ||
| + | *[http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=hist_fac_pubs "Anglo-Japanese Naval Cooperation, 1914-1918"] by Timothy D. Saxon ''Naval War College Review'' Winter 2000, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p62 . Website of Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. | ||
| + | ==Historical books online== | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YWUBAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Royal Naval Biography] 1828 by John Marshall googlebooks | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=yKRWAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false A New List of all the Ships and Vessels of Her Majesties Royal Navy ...] pub 1711. googlebooks | ||
| + | *[http://www.naval-review.com/pastiss.asp 1913-2009 issues of ''The Naval Review'', Journal of the Naval Society]. Browse the Contents page for each issue, or there is an Index of articles 1913-1976. Pdf downloads. During most of WWI the Journal was not published, but information was collected and published after the War. “In World War II there was no censorship, and the regular “Notes on the War at Sea” and "Diary of the War at Sea" are important records of naval events during World War II. “ | ||
| + | **[http://www.naval-review.com/issues/1930s/1938-2.pdf "A Naval Brigade In Burma in 1858"] (scroll down) by W. B. R. ''The Naval Review'' May 1938 Vol XXVI no 2, pages 283-288. The destination was the frontier post and Fort at Meaday, on the Irrawaddy. | ||
| + | *''History of the Great War based on official documents: Naval Operations''.Volumes I-III by Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, Volumes IV-V by Henry Newbolt. Published 1920-1931. Archive.org and Hathi Trust (Vol. V) | ||
| + | :[https://archive.org/details/navaloperations01corb Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations00newbgoog Volume II], includes Gallipoli. [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations03corb Volume III] Includes Gallipoli and Mesopotamia. [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations04corb Volume IV] , includes Mesopotamia. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b2985875?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Volume V] | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/heroicrecordofbr00hurd ''The Heroic Record of the British Navy; a Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918''] by Archibald Hurd and H H Bashford 1919 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/navalfront00maxwuoft ''The Naval Front''] by Gordon S Maxwell, Lieut. RNVB illustrated by Donald Maxwell, Lieut. RNVB 1920 Archive.org. Includes chapters on [[Gallipoli]] and [[Mesopotamia Campaign|Mesopotamia]]. | ||
| + | *[http://archive.org/stream/navyinmesopotami00catouoft#page/n7/mode/2up ''The Navy in Mesopotamia, 1914 to 1917''] by Conrad Cato 1917 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/world-war-i-naval-staff-monographs [''World War I<nowiki>]</nowiki> Naval Staff Monographs]''. Compiled by the Historical Section of the Training and Staff Duties Division of the Naval Staff from Admiralty records and original papers in the temporary custody of the the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Website of the Royal Australian Navy. (Select Media Room/Publications/World War I Naval Staff Monographs). Includes ''Volume 2 East Africa to July 1915; Cameroons, 1914''. ''Volume 4: Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf''. The unnumbered volume includes ''East Indies Squadron, 1914'' <ref>gwyrosydd [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=216645&p=2239705 Naval Staff Monographs online] ''Great War Forum'' 16 March 2015, Retrieved 16 March 2015</ref> | ||
| + | *[https://archive.org/details/onfourfrontswith00spar ''On Four Fronts with the Royal Naval Division''] by Geoffrey Sparrow MC, and J N MacBean Ross MC Surgeons RN 1918 Archive.org. Includes [[Gallipoli]] and [[Salonica]]. The Division was under the authority of the Admiralty until 29 April 1916. | ||
| + | *[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-52178355/view#page/n1/mode/2up ''The Royal Naval Division''] by Douglas Jerrold 1923. National Library of Australia. Includes Gallipoli. | ||
| + | == References == | ||
| + | <references /> | ||
[[Category:Occupations]] | [[Category:Occupations]] | ||
[[Category:Navy]] | [[Category:Navy]] | ||
Revision as of 02:38, 10 July 2015
Contents
Records
- National Archives Guides:Browse our research guidance , letter R Select Royal Navy and Royal Navy Personnel. Includes
- A great number of service records for seamen who joined the Royal Navy between 1853 and 1923 are now online and can be searched and downloaded at the relevant documents onlinesection of the The National Archives website. There is no charge for the initial search but a small fee applies to obtain sight of the full record.
- Other Navy Records held at the National Archives include Officers’ service records (1756-1917) and wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786-1822). – many of these records can also be searched and downloaded.
- Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service Records held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. The FAA Museum is located at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, (also known as HMS Heron). The FAA Museum generally does not hold records of service for those who enlisted after about 1925, which are still held in the custody of the Ministry of Defence
- Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1919 on findmypast. The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916.
- For links to a selection from 1782 -1945 searchable online see Military Periodicals online- Navy Lists
- The pay website Ancestry has a broken range of editions of the Navy List from 1888 to 1970. These are searchable by name and linked to relevant page images.
Medal Rolls
Free downloads of the Naval Medal Rolls are available from the National Archives website, or the same information is available on the pay website Ancestry. See the page Medal Rolls for details.
External links
- Military Ancestors: Royal Navy from the National Archives' British Battles
- Naval: Late 18th, 19th and early 20th Century Naval and Naval Social History Index from pbenyon.plus.com
- The 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in 1914-1918. 1914-1918.net. The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916.
- "Anglo-Japanese Naval Cooperation, 1914-1918" by Timothy D. Saxon Naval War College Review Winter 2000, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p62 . Website of Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, USA.
Historical books online
- Royal Naval Biography 1828 by John Marshall googlebooks
- A New List of all the Ships and Vessels of Her Majesties Royal Navy ... pub 1711. googlebooks
- 1913-2009 issues of The Naval Review, Journal of the Naval Society. Browse the Contents page for each issue, or there is an Index of articles 1913-1976. Pdf downloads. During most of WWI the Journal was not published, but information was collected and published after the War. “In World War II there was no censorship, and the regular “Notes on the War at Sea” and "Diary of the War at Sea" are important records of naval events during World War II. “
- "A Naval Brigade In Burma in 1858" (scroll down) by W. B. R. The Naval Review May 1938 Vol XXVI no 2, pages 283-288. The destination was the frontier post and Fort at Meaday, on the Irrawaddy.
- History of the Great War based on official documents: Naval Operations.Volumes I-III by Sir Julian Stafford Corbett, Volumes IV-V by Henry Newbolt. Published 1920-1931. Archive.org and Hathi Trust (Vol. V)
- Volume I, Volume II, includes Gallipoli. Volume III Includes Gallipoli and Mesopotamia. Volume IV , includes Mesopotamia. Volume V
- The Heroic Record of the British Navy; a Short History of the Naval War, 1914-1918 by Archibald Hurd and H H Bashford 1919 Archive.org
- The Naval Front by Gordon S Maxwell, Lieut. RNVB illustrated by Donald Maxwell, Lieut. RNVB 1920 Archive.org. Includes chapters on Gallipoli and Mesopotamia.
- The Navy in Mesopotamia, 1914 to 1917 by Conrad Cato 1917 Archive.org
- [World War I] Naval Staff Monographs. Compiled by the Historical Section of the Training and Staff Duties Division of the Naval Staff from Admiralty records and original papers in the temporary custody of the the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Website of the Royal Australian Navy. (Select Media Room/Publications/World War I Naval Staff Monographs). Includes Volume 2 East Africa to July 1915; Cameroons, 1914. Volume 4: Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf. The unnumbered volume includes East Indies Squadron, 1914 [1]
- On Four Fronts with the Royal Naval Division by Geoffrey Sparrow MC, and J N MacBean Ross MC Surgeons RN 1918 Archive.org. Includes Gallipoli and Salonica. The Division was under the authority of the Admiralty until 29 April 1916.
- The Royal Naval Division by Douglas Jerrold 1923. National Library of Australia. Includes Gallipoli.
References
- ↑ gwyrosydd Naval Staff Monographs online Great War Forum 16 March 2015, Retrieved 16 March 2015
