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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.
===''Navy List''===The Lists were initially published on a monthly basis*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8uYNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=navy+1782&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wts9U7f5OuT17AaQ5YBg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=navy%201782&f=false Steel's original and correct list of the Royal Navy 1782] googlebooks*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XukNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Navy+List&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1dg9U6SvDcPN7Abo34EY&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Navy%20List&f=false New Navy List 1843]Googlebooks*Other [http://bookswww.googlenationalarchives.cogov.uk/books?id=reUNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Navy+List&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1dg9U6SvDcPN7Abo34EY&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Navy%20List&f=false Navy List corrected to December 1847] Googlebooks*[http://books.google.co.ukdocumentsonline/books?id=UuoNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Navy+List&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1dg9U6SvDcPN7Abo34EY&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Navy%20List&f=false New Navy List January 1849] Googlebooks*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pOsNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=navy+lists&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xYw9U6_FIMiqhQePuIDQAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=navy%20lists&f=false The New Navy List February 1854] Googlebooks. *[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0oTM9123FpAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Navy+List&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Otc9U6ioKMWp7AbOhoGgDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=asp Navy%20List&f=false Navy List corrected to December 1864Records] Googlebooks*[http://booksheld at the National Archives include Officers’ service records (1756-1917) and wills of Royal Naval Seamen (1786-1822).google.co– many of these records can also be searched and downloaded.uk/books?id=ae4NAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Navy+List&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Xdg9U5LkKajX7Aa34YHIDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Navy%20List&f=false Navy List corrected to December 1872]Googlebooks
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==Records==
*[http://archivewww.fleetairarm.orgcom/searchroyal-navy-royal-marines-services-records.php?query=collection%3Anlsnavylistsaspx Royal Navy &sort=-publicdate Navy ListsRoyal Marines Service Records held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum]. The FAA Museum is located at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, in respect (also known as HMS Heron). The FAA Museum generally does not hold records of the Royal Navyservice for those who enlisted after about 1925, from which are still held in the collection custody of the Ministry of Defence**[http://archivesearch.orgfindmypast.co.uk/detailssearch-world-records/nationallibraryofscotland National Library of Scotland royal-naval-division-records-1914-1919 Royal Naval Division Records 1914-1919] on Archive[[Findmypast|findmypast]].org]<br>Currently available (at April 2012), noting that The RND transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the dates War Office on some editions are not included in the title, are:*1913 March-December (no dates shown in titles):*1914 January-December:*1915-1917 January, 29 April, July, October:*1918 January, April, July, December:*1919 January-March, June-December1916.:*1920 January, February-December (no dates shown in titles):*1921 January (no date shown in title)==''Navy List''==:*1939 FebruaryFor links to a selection from 1782 - September, December1945 searchable online see [http:*1940 February//wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Military_periodicals_online#Navy_List Military Periodicals online-July, October, DecemberNavy Lists]:*1941 April, June, August, OctoberThe pay website Ancestry has a broken range of editions of the [http:*1942 February, April, June, August, October, December//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. :*1943 February, April, June, August, October, December:*1944 February, April, June, October==Medal Rolls==:*1945 JanuaryFree downloads of the Naval Medal Rolls are available from the National Archives website, April, Julyor the same information is available on the pay website Ancestry. See the page [[Medal Rolls]] for details.
==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]
*[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. Google Books
*''The Royal Navy: a history from the earliest times to the present'' by Sir Wm. Laird Clowes. Volume VII has title ''The Royal Navy, a history from the earliest times to the death of Queen Victoria''. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory01clow ''Volume I''], [https://archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory02clow ''Volume II''],
:[https://archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory03clow ''Volume III''] 1898. Covers the period 1714-1792. [https://archive.org/stream/royalnavyhistory03clow#page/580/mode/2up/search/India Index entry East India]
:[https://archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory04clow ''Volume IV''] 1899. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/royalnavyhistory04clow#page/196/mode/2up "Major Operations of the Royal Navy 1793-1802"] page 196
:[https://archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory05clow ''Volume V''] 1900. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/royalnavyhistory05clow#page/44/mode/2up "Major Operations of the Royal Navy 1803-1815"] page 44
:[https://archive.org/details/royalnavy06clow ''Volume VI''] 1901. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/royalnavy06clow#page/222/mode/2up "Military History of the Royal Navy 1816-1856"] page 222
:[https://archive.org/details/royalnavy07clow ''Volume VII]'' 1903. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/royalnavy07clow#page/90/mode/2up "Military History of the Royal Navy 1857-1900"] page 91
*[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://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/502897 Pdf download], Digital Library of India, possibly a reprint edition.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/505275 ''The Navy In India 1763-1783''] by Herbert W. Richmond 1931. Pdf download, Digital Library of India,
*[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]. [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.
:''History of the Great War based on Official Documents: The Merchant Navy'' by Archibald Hurd 1921-1929. [https://archive.org/details/merchantnav01hurd Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/merchantnavy02hurduoft Volume II] Archive.org. Volume III is available as a transcribed edition on [http://www.naval-history.net/index.htm Naval-History.net]
*[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.
*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22JRNMS%22&sort=-date&page=3 ''Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service''] from Volume 1, 1915 Archive.org
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