Tracing Your Naval Ancestors
Tracing Your Naval Ancestors This concise guide to naval history and naval records is essential reading and reference for anyone researching the fascinating story of Britain s navy and the men and…
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Tracing Your Naval Ancestors
This concise guide to naval history and naval records is essential reading and reference for anyone researching the fascinating story of Britain s navy and the men and women who served in it. Simon Fowler assumes the reader has little prior knowledge of the navy and its history. Whether you are interested in the career of an individual seaman, finding out about a medal winner or just want to know more about a particular ship, campaign or operation, this book will point you in the right direction.
The book also covers the specialist and auxiliary services associated with the navy among them the Royal Marines, the Fleet Air Arm, the naval dockyards, the WRNS and the Fleet Auxiliary. His book shows you how to trace an officer, petty officer or rating from the seventeenth century up to the 1960s using records at the National Archives and elsewhere. In each section he explains which records