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*[https://humanities.exeter.ac.uk/media/universityofexeter/collegeofhumanities/history/researchcentres/centreformaritimehistoricalstudies/Naval_Records.pdf '' A Guide to the Naval Records in the National Archives of the UK''] edited by Randolph Cock and N A M Rodger. 383 pages. 2nd Edition 2008, first published 2006. Published by University of London School of Advanced Study Institute of Historical Research in conjunction with The National Archives of the UK.
*Records section
: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, Ilchester, 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. Currently (2023/03) [https://www.nmrn.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-10/Researching_Naval_Personnel.pdf "Researching Naval Personnel"] (nmrn.org.uk) has some details of the records held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum. A [https://web.archive.org/web/20220928072753/http://www.fleetairarm.com/royal-navy-royal-marines-services-records.aspx previous webpage], now archived, has more details, including details of some records at The National Archives, Kew. [https://www.nmrn.org.uk/index.php/collections Collections](nmrn.org.uk) scroll to, and open "How can I view the collections" gives details of visiting the Fleet Air Arm Museum research room (twice a month) and Digitisation on Demand charges.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220523001847/https://www.nmrn.org.uk/research/service-record-abbreviations Service Record Abbreviations]. Common abbreviations and phrases found in Royal Navy and Royal Marines Service Records from various periods. Archived page, The National Museum of the Royal Navy.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20220523000415/https://www.nmrn.org.uk/shore-establishments Naval Shore Establishments]. Archived page, The National Museum of the Royal Navy. Includes India, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, Singapore. Note: "This list is NOT comprehensive".
: In addition, HMS Highfligher was the Royal Naval Base at Trincomalee in Ceylon, commissioned on 1 July 1943.<ref>[http://www.lankalibrary.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2012 HMS Highflyer – History] lankalibrary.com.</ref>
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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.
*HMS Highfligher was the Royal Naval Base at Trincomalee in Ceylon, commissioned on 1 July 1943. (There was also a East Indies flagship of this name)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071105065331/http://www.lankalibrary.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2012 HMS Highflyer – History] lankalibrary.com, now archived.</ref>. There was a Royal Navy Wireless Telegraphy Station at Matara on the very southern tip of Ceylon, (in existence in c 1920).<ref>Drury, James.[https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/287722-help-with-service-record/?tab=comments#comment-2969928 help with service record.] ''Great War Forum'' 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.</ref>
