Navy

Sailors during both world wars faced some of the toughest conditions and most dangerous operations. From direct conflict with other war ships, to supporting amphibious invasions, escorting vital supply convoys and the tense cat-and-mouse of submarine warfare, life in the navy was as varied as it was hazardous. Tell us their stories. (Image: © IWM A 176)

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Leading Stoker Charles Thomas Tucker, H.M. Tug Desire, H.M. Dockyard, Chatham

First World War Navy United Kingdom CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Leading Signalman Elias Tucker, 225665, HMS Ajax, Royal Navy

First World War Navy United Kingdom PLYMPTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

Gunner James Edwin Tucker, 3rd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Marine Artillery

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Able Seaman Stanley William Cheesmar J/12085, H.M.S. Good Hope, Royal Navy

First World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Noonans Mayfair

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Donald Roy Macdonald, H.M.S. Hawke, Royal Navy

First World War Navy United Kingdom CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Noonans Mayfair

United Kingdom

Leading Seaman Adrian Elliott Barker, London 6/3568, Collingwood Bn., R.N. Divn., RNVR

First World War Navy United Kingdom Prisoners of War Remembrance ST. PANCRAS CEMETERY

By Maurice Weight

United Kingdom

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