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Offline suttontrust

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A.T.A. Chatham
« on: Tuesday 24 January 06 19:56 GMT (UK) »
John joined the Navy in 1903 and served for 5 years before being "Transferred to A.T.A. Chatham B5331" in 1908.  His service record starts again in August 1914.  Can someone tell me what the transfer meant, please.
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Re: A.T.A. Chatham
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 25 January 06 10:48 GMT (UK) »
I don't really know anything about the navy and their way of doing things BUT....

that sounds like he'd done a fixed term in the regular navy ( or what ever) and then gone on reserve until being called up again at the start of WW1, it would certainly work that way if he'd have ben army

(Chatham is a big naval base IIRC)
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