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*[http://www.godfreydykes.info/ROYAL%20NAVY%20OFFICIAL%20NUMBERS%20%5bRATINGS%5d.htm Royal Navy Official Numbers for Ratings]. There were multiple series of numbers applying from 1894, with changes from 1908, 25 October 1925, 1931, 1934, 1943 and post WW2 changes.

*[https://www.pdavis.nl/Background.htm William Loney RN - Background] information about the Navy in the 1800s. pdavis.nl

*[https://www.maritimefoundation.uk/publications/maritime-2023/the-wavy-navy-a-forgotten-legacy/ "The Wavy Navy: a forgotten legacy"] The history of the RNVR by Cdr Sue Eagles December 1, 2022 maritimefoundation.uk. In the First World War, a large proportion of the RNVR were formed into the Royal Navy Division. Mentions two very good accounts ''Wavy Navy, a collection of writings by members of the RNVR'' (Harrap, 1950) (Second World War) and ''The RNVR: a Record of Achievement'' by Lennox Kerr and Wilfred Granville (Harrap, 1957) (an account of their exploits from the late 19th C to post WW2).

*[https://www.rmhistoricalsociety.org Royal Marines Historical Society] which contains a link on its website to the website

* ''The Memoirs of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford'' [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofadmiral0001bere/page/n7/mode/2up Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/memoirsofadmiral0002bere/page/n7/mode/2up Volume II] 1914 Archive.org. He was in the Royal Navy 1859-1909.

*[https://archive.org/details/fiftyyearsinroya00scotuoft ''Fifty Years in the Royal Navy''] by Admiral Sir Percy Scott 1919. Includes Naval gunnery, [[3rd China War|the Boxer Rising]], the China Station and WW1.

*[https://archive.org/details/mediterraneannav0000halp/page/n5/mode/2up ''The Mediterranean Naval Situation, 1908-1914''] by Paul G. Halpern Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_G._Halpern Paul G. Halpern] Wikipedia. Halpern's later books include publications of the Navy Records Society, (refer External links above) ''The Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, 1915-1918'' (Volume 126, 1987), and ''The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1929'' (Volume 158, 2011). These latter books are available online to NRS members, and also available at the British Library UIN: BLL01010066046 and UIN: BLL01015816949 .

*''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], includes Cameroons and the Far East; [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]. [http://www.naval-history.net/index.htm Naval-History.net] has transcribed editions which additionally contain maps from a separate case for Volumes II and III.