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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: leemeetee on Saturday 01 May 21 13:05 BST (UK)
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Hi I am having difficulty deciphering the Naval Service Record of my great uncle and any help would be gratefully received.....please don't hesitate to correct what I think I have read....I have put the indecipherable words in brackets. I'm presuming two names in one section means he was on the first ship before being transferred to the second??
Thanks
For First Light
Cruiser S(?) 3/9/14 Does this mean he was first stationed on Light Cruiser Ship 'Falmouth' in
Port(???) Portsmouth on 3/9/14
Falmouth
Indefatigable
from Falmouth Was he transferred to 'Indefatigable' from 'Falmouth' on 6/11/15
Falmouth
from Indefatigable Was he transferred to 'Falmouth' from 'Indefatigable' on 15/11/15
Ni (?????) Could this be 'Nimrod' and transferred to it from 'Falmouth' on 23/3/16
from Falmouth
f(???) Vulcan
'Sydney' D 30/10/16 I am lost with regard to the relationship between the Vulcan and
'Sydney' D ????
Can anyone shed any light on the numbers under the Depot column?
Many thanks.
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For First Light
Cruiser S(?) 3/9/14 Does this mean he was first stationed on Light Cruiser Ship 'Falmouth' in
Port(???) Portsmouth on 3/9/14
I read this to say that he was posted to Portsmouth to join the First Light Cruiser Squadron and immediately joined HMS Falmouth.
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Can you post a link to the original image please?
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Hi Shaun,
I don't have access to the original record....I copied it years ago.
Are these any good to you??
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I've now downloaded it from TNA but it's no clearer!
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D8538376
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Not a problem....I appreciate your time and effort Shaun.
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hi on reading the last stamp on the 2nd image
it would appear he joined the Hms Sidney oct 1916
the Sidney was in Greenock on Nov and on 25th Jan 1919
if im reading the stamp correct she s in what i think is Invernesshire,
the writting is to clear,
25th Of Jan 1919 is the date the iolare sank of Stornoway,
the Sidney may have been in the area