A comprehensive guide to Royal Navy records from Ian Waller. The Navy was always one of the largest employers in Britain. Ian explains how to find your ancestor’s records and learn about their service. He also covers social issues, such as the motivation to join the Navy and what life was like for sailors.
This book covers all the people who joined the Navy: commissioned officers, warrant officers and ratings. To help you identify your ancestor’s rank and ships, there are guides to uniforms and insignia, divisions and branches, pensions, dockyards, casualties, courts martial and tribunals.
Author: Ian Waller
Published: 2014.