Royal Navy in Bermuda

[aodhdubh]

As with the army, a variation on the temperate uniform was worn by the Royal Navy in Bermuda, most of the year (white crowns on cap and ratings wore white shirts) and (white) uniforms were generally worn in the summer, when temperatures could reach 30 C.

1 - 1917 Officers listen to a band on the way to Bermuda

2 - HMS Leviathan petty officers and ratings at Walsingham House, on Walsingham Bay, Castle Harbour

3 - HMS Leviathan Petty officers with a stone marking the distance to London

4 - 1918-1919 members of the Moniz family with naval personnel

5 - HMS Carnarvon versus USS Stewart cricket match at Moresby Plain, the Royal Naval Dockyard, Ireland Island in August 1917.

Ships at the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island, Bermuda (home base of the North America and West Indies Station), circa 1918: HMS Charybdis (on loan to civil government to maintain passenger and freight connections to the US in absence of pre-war liners diverted to war service), HMS Cornwall (behind a US Navy submarine), HMS Cumberland, HMS Donegal, and the bow of HMCS Shearwater is vsible behind a US Navy submarine

 

Edited 19 January , 2023 by aodhdubh

[michaeldr]

If I have read this [https://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyBritish-Ranks.htm] correctly, then the officer seen above is an Engineer Lieutenant (under eight years)

[horatio2]

Engineer Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve.  https://www.uniform-reference.net/insignia/rn/rn_ww1_rnr_rnvr.html

Assuming purple between the stripes.

Edited 19 January , 2023 by horatio2

[michaeldr]

H2,

thank you for the clarification here