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)
SUBMARINE STOKER 1C, JOHN 'JACK' CONNOLLY ~ HMS TALISMAN
By Gary Broad
United Kingdom
Telegraphist Frank Leonard Dalby LT/JX557564, Royal Naval Patrol Service, H.M.S. Pembroke
By Friends of Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester
United Kingdom
Able Seaman Percy John Bromley C/JX209860, Royal Navy, H.M.S. President III
By Friends of Welford Road Cemetery, Leicester
United Kingdom
Ordinary Seaman Kenneth Lincoln P/JX 518565, RN, HMS Collingwood - 'A Double Tragedy'
By Tony Robinson
United Kingdom
Cook Hector Murison Coutts, LT/MX 85916, H.M. Minesweeper 117
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