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Entered the Royal Navy on his 18th birthday on 25 July 1923 as Boy 2nd Class. He left the service on 1 January 1929 as an Able Seaman.
Some of his postings:
VICTORY II at Crystal Palace Sydenham as a Training Depot for RN Divisions in 1915 . Called HMS CRYSTAL PALACE.
Queen Elizabeth
HMS Queen Elizabeth (pennant number 00) was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of dreadnought battleships, named in honour of Elizabeth I of England. She saw service in both World Wars. A Super-Dreadnought class of battleships, she and the other vessels in the class were the first ships of their type to be powered by oil instead of coal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Queen_Elizabeth_(1913)
Vernon
HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.
Columbine
Port Edgar is a marina situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth immediately to the west of the southern end of the Forth Road Bridge in the town of South Queensferry, Scotland.
In 1917 the completed base was commissioned as HMS Columbine, a depot for Torpedo Boat Destroyers of the Grand Fleet. In 1938 HMS Columbine and the naval hospital at Butlaw were closed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Edgar
During WW11 he served on the Arctic Convoys.
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