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*[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://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.
*[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.
*[http://www.navyrecords.org.uk Navy Records Society]. The Navy Records Society publishes in print and online rare and original documents on naval history. A subscription gives access to Digital volumes. Some sample pages from a book published by the Navy Records Society: Vol. 158 (2011),[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_AmiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919–1929''] edited by Paul Halpern. Google Books.
*[http://www.navyrecords.org.uk Navy Records Society]. The Navy Records Society publishes in print and online rare and original documents on naval history. A subscription gives access to Digital volumes. Select Books, for details of the publications, including ''The Naval Brigades in the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58'' (1947) and ''The Second China War, 1856-1860'' (1954).  Some sample pages from Volume 158 (2011), [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=_AmiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Mediterranean Fleet, 1919–1929''] edited by Paul Halpern. Google Books. Some of the earlier publications are available online, refer below.
*[https://www.nmrn.org.uk/shore-establishments Naval Shore Establishments] National Museum Royal Navy. Includes India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore.
*[https://www.nmrn.org.uk/shore-establishments Naval Shore Establishments] National Museum Royal Navy. Includes India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_and_China_Station East Indies and China Station] Wikipedia. In existence 1831 to 1865, until separated into two separate stations. Rejoined in 1941 to form the Eastern Fleet.
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_and_China_Station East Indies and China Station] Wikipedia. In existence 1831 to 1865, until separated into two separate stations. Rejoined in 1941 to form the Eastern Fleet.
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*[https://archive.org/details/kingsregulations01greaiala ''The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service, Volume I'']  HMSO 1913, reprinted 1916. Archive.org
*[https://archive.org/details/kingsregulations01greaiala ''The King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the Government of His Majesty's Naval Service, Volume I'']  HMSO 1913, reprinted 1916. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/stream/kingsregulations01greaiala#page/163/mode/1up "Regulation 553: Beards and Moustaches"] page 163
**[https://archive.org/stream/kingsregulations01greaiala#page/163/mode/1up "Regulation 553: Beards and Moustaches"] page 163
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Navy+records+society%22%29&sort=-date&page=1 Publications of the Navy Records Society]. Multiple volumes, from a Search using key words "Navy Records Society", from Volume 1, 1894, to 1926, some of which are catalogued according to year of publication, not specific title.  Archive.org. There may be additional volumes catalogued by title. Refer External links above, for the Navy Records Society, whose website contains details of its publications.
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5pdkLC95UfsC&pg=PR1 ''A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.''] by Edward Ives, formerly Surgeon of Admiral Watson’s Ship, and of His Majesty’s Hospital in the East Indies 1773 Google Books. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/502897 Pdf download], Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.502897  Archive.org version].
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5pdkLC95UfsC&pg=PR1 ''A voyage from England to India, in the year 1754, and an historical narrative of the operations of the squadron and army in India, under the command of Vice-Admiral Watson and Colonel Clive, in the years 1755, 1756, 1757 ... Also a journey from Persia to England by an unusual route. With an appendix, containing an account of the diseases prevalent in Admiral Watson's squadron, etc.''] by Edward Ives, formerly Surgeon of Admiral Watson’s Ship, and of His Majesty’s Hospital in the East Indies 1773 Google Books. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/502897 Pdf download], Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.502897  Archive.org version].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505275 ''The Navy In India 1763-1783''] by Herbert W. Richmond 1931. Pdf download, Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505275  Archive.org version].
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/505275 ''The Navy In India 1763-1783''] by Herbert W. Richmond 1931. Pdf download, Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505275  Archive.org version].

Revision as of 06:08, 21 July 2017

Records

  • 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 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 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.
  • findmypast includes two associated databases located in Armed forces & conflict/Service Records
"British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1919" and "British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records Browse, 1704-1919".These include records from the National Archives series ADM 29 / 1-32, 34-131 – Admiralty: Royal Navy, Royal Marines, coastguard and related services: Officers’ and Ratings’ Service Records (Series II) 1802-1919.
  • findmypast includes two databases located in Armed forces & conflict/First World War
"Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1919"
"Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920"
The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916.

Merchant Navy

  • findmypast includes the following databases located in Education & work/Merchant navy & maritime
    • Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941. National Archives records BT 348, BT 349, BT 350 and BT 364. Images. Some records include photographs
    • England & Wales Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1861-1913. Transcripts and some images. Includes Lascars
    • Ireland Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1863-1921. Images of the original records from the National Archives of Ireland. Crew members were not only from Ireland but also from around the world.

Navy List

  • For links to a selection from 1782 -1945 searchable online see the Fibiwiki page Military Periodicals online- Navy Lists
  • Online Navy Lists are also available on the website of the National Library of Scotland, NLS, with transcriptions available, together with a Search facility, as Navy Lists: 1913 to 1944
  • 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.
  • For editions not available online, The Navy List is available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01012418229

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

Historical books online

Volume III 1898. Covers the period 1714-1792. Index entry East India
Volume IV 1899. Includes "Major Operations of the Royal Navy 1793-1802" page 196
Volume V 1900. Includes "Major Operations of the Royal Navy 1803-1815" page 44
Volume VI 1901. Includes "Military History of the Royal Navy 1816-1856" page 222
Volume VII 1903. Includes "Military History of the Royal Navy 1857-1900" page 91
History of the Great War based on Official Documents: The Merchant Navy by Archibald Hurd 1921-1929. Volume I, Volume II Archive.org. Volume III is available as a transcribed edition on Naval-History.net
  • First World War books by E. Keble Chatterton, late Lieutenant-Commander RNVR:
Q-Ships and their Story 1923 Archive.org. Q-ship Wikipedia. Q-Ships were armed ships, originally merchant ships, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.
Danger Zone: the Story of the Queenstown Command 1934 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
Dardanelles Dilemma: The Story of the Naval Operations by E. Keble Chatterton 1935 Hathi Trust Digital Library. Also available as a pdf to download Digital Library of India, Archive.org version.
Seas of Adventures: the Story of the Naval Operations in the Mediterranean, Adriatic, and Aegean [1914-1918] 1936 Hathi Trust Digital Library.
"Severn's" Saga by E. Keble Chatterton 1938 Hathi Trust Digital Library. HMS Severn in East Africa.

Civilians in the First World War

  • A Captive on a German Raider by F G Trayes 1918. Archive.org The author, who was retiring from Siam, was a passenger on a Japanese ship "Hitachi Maru" which was captured by the "Wolf" (see next section) on 26 September 1917, two days after leaving Colombo.

German Navy

References

  1. gwyrosydd Naval Staff Monographs online Great War Forum 16 March 2015, Retrieved 16 March 2015