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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Lieutenant REGINALD ALAN BATTSON RNVR, HMS Waterfly

First World War Navy United Kingdom BAGHDAD (NORTH GATE) WAR CEMETERY

By Maurice Weight

United Kingdom

Able Seaman FREDERICK BENN London 9/2616 - Hawke Bn. R.N. Division

First World War Navy United Kingdom Remembrance BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY

By Maurice Weight

United Kingdom

Stoker 1st Class Walter Aggett, HMS Goliath – recalled reservist

First World War Navy United Kingdom PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Ldg Stkr William Bowater, RN

First World War Navy United Kingdom Remembrance DUDLEY BOROUGH CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Commander John Essex Grey-Smith, HMS Cambrian – swept off the fo’c’sle in heavy seas

First World War Navy Australian PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Commander Frederick Grinney - HMS Defiance Royal Navy

Second World War Navy United Kingdom PLYMOUTH (WESTON MILL) CEMETERY

By Noonans Mayfair

United Kingdom

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