Sailors, navies and the war at sea

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1. Looking for details about RNR form RN8

   By JohnH, 2 February
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   • KizmeRD
   • 2 February

2. A 19-year wait for an item acquired online

   By domwalsh, 2 February
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   • domwalsh
   • 2 February

3. Shipwrecks of the Great War and all that Maritime Newsletters

   By dabtoe, 31 January
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   • dabtoe
   • 1 February

4. Mentioned in depatches.......for making Bovril on Anzac Cove

   By domwalsh, 1 February
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   • domwalsh
   • 1 February

5. Charles Hay Forbes RN 1 2

   By Roderick Hutchison, 1 April , 2022
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   • rolt968
   • 30 January

6. Royal Marine Artillery posting to "Cyclops" WW1

   By Graham Stacey, 27 January
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   • Graham Stacey
   • 28 January

7. In WWI my grandfather apparently flew Sopwith Camels. Can I validate this? 1 2 3

   By Sop With Camel, 23 January
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   • horatio2
   • 28 January

8. Help with handwriting - Researching my great-grandad - Charles Richard Williams

   By NAL20, 22 January
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   • NAL20
   • 25 January

9. Need help deciphering service record for James Thomas Potts (1900-1921)

   By Pottsy123456, 19 January
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   • Pottsy123456
   • 25 January

10. Need help deciphering service record for Seaman Robert Potts (1903-1919)

    By Pottsy123456, 17 January
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    • Pottsy123456
    • 25 January

11. "Anglia" Hospital Ship lost 17th November 1915 1 2 3

    By dabtoe, 12 January , 2011
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    • dabtoe
    • 24 January

12. RNR and RNVR - what is the difference?

    By Pinkerton, 23 January   

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    • Pinkerton
    • 24 January

13. RMLI Plymouth division Gallipoli Question

    By Sarah14, 22 January   

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    • michaeldr
    • 24 January

14. Judicial executions of Royal Navy personnel

    By Mark T, 23 January
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    • PhilB
    • 23 January

15. Unidentified RN or RNR photo WWI

    By JonJB, 21 January
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    • JonJB
    • 21 January

16. Mine warfare near Izmir March 1917

    By stevenbecker, 20 January
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    • michaeldr
    • 21 January

17. CHIEF PETTY OFFICER NIENHAM HMS HAMPSHIRE

    By padrenick, 22 June , 2023   

    • hms hampshire
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    • padrenick
    • 18 January

18. Buried at Sea is this true?

    By GeoffT, 11 January
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    • GeoffT
    • 18 January

19. T. Lieut Victor Laurence Edwards, RNVR 1 2

    By daggers, 7 March , 2019   

    • armoured car
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    • maggie Edwards
    • 18 January

20. Lt Cdr George Frederick Knox, RN

    By temptage, 5 September , 2018
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    • temptage
    • 16 January

21. What were these ships in Royal Navy

    By WelshTricky, 15 January
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    • WelshTricky
    • 15 January

22. Help tracing merchant seaman in WWI

    By andygo999, 13 January
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    • rolt968
    • 14 January

23. Unfamiliar Uniform - RN Rating - Ceylon - 1918

    By Dominion-of-the-North, 13 January
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    • Dominion-of-the-North
    • 13 January

24. Help with Ship's Name

    By alantwo, 11 January
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    • alantwo
    • 12 January

25. Invalided back to Blighty per HS St George

    By jaybeebuzz, 27 June , 2009
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    • Keith_history_buff
    • 11 January