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*[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/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]
**[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.  
*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.  
**A new free-to-search database resource project [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/new-project-to-launch-with-the-national-maritime-museum-and-the-crew-list-index-project/ Royal Navy First World War Lives at Sea],  based principally on service records held by The National Archives, is being undertaken, with the aim of completing the project by November 2018.
**A new free-to-search database resource project [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/new-project-to-launch-with-the-national-maritime-museum-and-the-crew-list-index-project/ Royal Navy First World War Lives at Sea],  based principally on service records held by The National Archives, is being undertaken, with the aim of completing the project by November 2018.
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:"Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920"
:"Royal Naval Division Service Records 1914-1920"
:The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916.
:The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29 April 1916.
*[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, Somerset (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://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, part of the National Museum of the Royal Navy,  is  located at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, Somerset (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://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/researchers/research-guides/research-guide-b-royal-navy Research guides: The Royal Navy] Royal Museums Greenwich.  Includes [http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/researchers/research-guides/research-guide-b1-royal-navy-tracing-people%20 "Research guide B1: The Royal Navy: Tracing people"] and [http://www.rmg.co.uk/discover/researchers/research-guides/research-guide-b3-royal-navy-sources-enquiries "Research guide B3: The Royal Navy: Sources for enquiries"].


===Merchant Navy===
===Merchant Navy===
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==Medal Rolls==
==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.
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.
==Also see==
*[[Maritime Service]]


==External links==
==External links==
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*[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. 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.
*[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] The National Museum of the 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.
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station East Indies Station] Wikipedia. The East Indies Station had bases  in [[Ceylon]] at Colombo and Trincomalee,  and at [[Bombay (City)|Bombay]], Basra and [[Aden]].
**[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies_Station East Indies Station] Wikipedia. The East Indies Station had bases  in [[Ceylon]] at Colombo and Trincomalee,  and at [[Bombay (City)|Bombay]], Basra and [[Aden]].

Revision as of 12:46, 22 October 2017

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.
  • The National Archives catalogue entry 18th Century Royal Navy Lists 1782, 1790-1799 QLIB 3. National Archives Library. The full title of the Lists is Steel's Original and Correct List of the Royal Navy. The Lists were published monthly during war and quarterly during peace, and include details of ships of the Honourable East-India Company. All years are available as a pay download.
  • For editions not available online, The Navy List is available at the British Library, UIN: BLL01012418229, from 1815, and also in the Library of the National Archives, from November 1814.

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.

Also see

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
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.“ The website Naval-History.Net, refer above, contains an index of articles relating to WW1.
  • "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.
  • "The Tigris Above Baghdad" by Lieut-Comr. A S Elwell-Sutton RN. Scroll to item 15 page 153 The Naval Review February 1923 Vol. XI No. I, produced by The Naval Society. Details of the Caddisfly, one of the 'Fly' class gunboats.
  • "The First Commission of HMS Firefly" by Staff Surgeon FG Hitch RN JRNMS Volume 4, 1918 Archive.org. One of the 'Fly' class gunboats. Also details of other craft on the river Tigris.
  • 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. Naval-History.net has transcribed editions which additionally contain maps from a separate case for Volumes II and III.
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

Fiction

  • The Devils Wind by Maj. Gen. G.L. Verney 1956. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Archive.org version. An account of the actions of the Naval Brigade of H.M.S. Shannon,which participated in the Relief of Lucknow, during the Indian Mutiny of 1857 told through the eyes of a very young sailor.

References

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