domwalsh Posted 27 April , 2021 Share Posted 27 April , 2021 Royal Navy something or other? A marine I'm researching worked as a skilled labourer there after leaving the corps Cheers Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KizmeRD Posted 27 April , 2021 Share Posted 27 April , 2021 Was it in Cornwall? If so then I’d suggest the Royal Naval Air Service Depot, Tregantle & Withnoe (1917). Later retitled RAF Depot. MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 27 April , 2021 Share Posted 27 April , 2021 It depends when your man was discharged. If post- Zeebrugge (or post 1 April 1918) then the RNAS had ceased to exist. Can you give a date and some context please, Dom? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith_history_buff Posted 27 April , 2021 Share Posted 27 April , 2021 Royal Naval Armament Stores Depot would fit, but the term is either a RNAD or a RNSD. The successor function, the RNSTS, got into hot water in the 1990s for overspending on an anniversary banquet, I seem to recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawryleslie Posted 27 April , 2021 Share Posted 27 April , 2021 Having a poke around the Internet......the renaming of the Royal Naval Ordnance Stores Department to the Royal Naval Armament Supply Department (RNASD) in December 1918 may be a clue. As H2 says we need a bit more information to help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
healdav Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 14 hours ago, Lawryleslie said: Having a poke around the Internet......the renaming of the Royal Naval Ordnance Stores Department to the Royal Naval Armament Supply Department (RNASD) in December 1918 may be a clue. As H2 says we need a bit more information to help. The RN supply departments, including the Armaments department were civilian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 28 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Thanks all. The ref in question is from the 1939 register for Gosport which notes his job as: "Skilled labourer (heavy wa???) RNASD" In lighter pencil, someone has added EDN just before RNASD Actually, just noticed that another person further down the list is noted as being "General labourer armament RNASD" so that supports your suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnboy Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Your question relates to 1939 register, well outside the scope of WW1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawryleslie Posted 28 April , 2021 Share Posted 28 April , 2021 There was an RNAD at Gosport which would support the RNSD. Was he a civilian when the 1939 register was produced? 49 minutes ago, healdav said: The RN supply departments, including the Armaments department were civilian. He was a civilian according to the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domwalsh Posted 28 April , 2021 Author Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Yes he was civilian in 1939. I apologise for going beyond the Great War but I find members are more knowledgeable than any other forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin DavidOwen Posted 28 April , 2021 Admin Share Posted 28 April , 2021 Members may continue this discussion via private message, but as it outside the forum's period this will have to be locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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