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A great number of service *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records for seamen /atoz/r.htm who joined the '''National Archives Guides:Browse our research guidance , letter R] Select Royal Navy''' between 1853 and 1923 are now online and can be searched and downloaded at the Royal Navy Personnel. Includes**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonlinerecords/royallooking-navyfor-serviceperson/royalnavyrating1853-1923.asp relevant documents online]section htm Looking for records of a rating in the [[The National Archives]Royal Navy 1853-1923] website. There is no charge for the initial search but a small fee applies to obtain sight of the full record.
Other *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 Navy Recordsrelevant documents online] held at section of the [[The National Archives include Officers’ service records (1756-1917) and wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786-1822)]] website. – many There is no charge for the initial search but a small fee applies to obtain sight of these records can also be searched and downloadedthe 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. ==''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. ==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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==Records==
==External links==
*[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]
==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
*''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 Mesopotamia. [https://archive.org/details/navaloperations04corb Volume IV] , includes Mesopotamia. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b2985875?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Volume V]
*[http://www.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/world-war-i-naval-staff-monographs [''World War I<nowiki>]</nowiki> Naval Staff Monographs]''. Royal Australian Navy website (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>
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