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HMac, how I get hold of Victualing Ledger? I think that’s what I’m after for my Grandad too. I’ve already got the similar sheet that I apply from the MOD and paid my £30.

Unfortunately the service record yields little on what he was doing during WW2 - typical of many RN records showing shore accounting bases. It is difficult to speculate on this.
Contact the MoD and ask for his Victualing Ledger and see if that gives up any information as he may have been 'lent' to sea and this is not always recorded on the main service record.
Regards
Hugh

Hi all,

Looking for a bit of help on my great uncle's service record.
Trying to read work out ships, but also what happened.
He lied about his age - made himself 18 instead of 16.
However it record runs from 1909 to 1932 which made him 41 (39 really) and I know he fought in WW1.
On the second page it looks like he was pensioned off?
Then he returns in September 1939 to Drake 2 (naval base) and then to Britannia 2 from 40 until April 1945 where he died in the RN Dartmouth. Is Britannia 2 part of the naval college? Would he have gone back to teach?

Any thoughts would be great.

That’s very interesting thanks.

In terms of my family, Samuel Cobb was the father of Samuel Charles (sometimes just Charles) and he had a son called Charles.
Daniel and Charles were brothers and sons of Samuel Charles.
The son Charles died at 28

Hi, wonder if anyone and make these a bit clearer.
My relative is Charles Cobb (he was sometimes also know as Samuel Charles) (His Dad was Charles Cobb too) seems to have had a couple run ins with the law.

The photos have more detail when viewed

Any help would be great

I can't see anything on the medal card - however isn't quite right as he was awarded the Burma star and it isn't on there.

I've an account of his time at Devonport as a cook to Admiral Dowding - a small section about the MID below.

"In the Royal Naval Barracks I was officially transferred to the Engine-room Branch, a new official number and a different uniform. I was drafted to H.M.S. CABOT at Bristol, then after six weeks training I was transferred to Portsmouth Division, much against my will. I became the only one of my 24 relations who served in the Royal Navy to serve as a Pompey rating. Whilst at Portsmouth I received a letter from Admiral Dowding saying, my name along with others had been mentioned in a Special Order of the Day for: - “courageous behaviour and devotion to duty during the recent air raids on Plymouth and Devonport.” The Order was to be posted at all Dockyard Gates and notice boards and he congratulated me accordingly. I was very pleased to see that the Royal Marine Policeman, who was with me on The Terrace roof, was also mentioned.

A draft to H.M.S. BERWICK and ten months on the Russian Convoys brought me back to Devonport – 1942. the “BERWICK” had a three month refit and I was able to visit the Admiral and his wife several times before leaving for the Arctic again."