Faded writing

[polidor]

The section i've copied here comes from a paper about an ancestors service in the navy. I can read the dates and the ships he was on but this   part is remarks about him and i can only make out part of it.

Well mannered, zealous? hard working--and the rest??

Any one with 20--20 eye sight? even with my magnifying glass i'm stumped!  poli

[Gadget]

Hi Poli

So far, I've got:

21.6.16 satisfy, brave (a) hawk, reliable, well mannered and tactful ..................24.7 18  zealous and hardworking................

(another date) successfull passed  ? and Vict(?) course and ...qualifying............................Royal Clarence yard...................


Gadget

[polidor]

Hello Gadget, the original copy i got from National Archives was even more faded than the above.

I paid £3.50 for the download--i reckon they should only have charged me half that!!   Thanks for your input--dying to know all it says. poli

[Gadget]

Hi Poli

I' ll send you my e-mail and you could send it to me - I'll see if I can enhance the faded bits 


Gadget

[alpinecottage]

Last bit;
7/?/20 successful passed ......Vict course + obtained qualifying marks in examination.  Royal ....yard on 20th and 21st June....

maybe!!!!

[Gadget]

Hi

Poli's sent me the file and I've tried to get the faded bits up a bit more

Gadget

[Gadget]

think it's hdwkg (hard working) rather than hawk (my original reading)  in first line 

[Gadget]

Bit more deciphering 

21.6.16 satisfy, brave(?)  (a) hdwking, reliable, well mannered and tactful .........everyone = 24.7 18  above av  zealous and hardworking. v a Erstine (?poss signature)

cw 7.10 20  successfully  passed  ? and Vict(?) course and ...qualifying? in examinations at Royal Clarence Yard on 20th and 21st June 19??

[polidor]

I'm really surprised at how much more has been deciphered.

Never thought i'd get to know more than 2 or 3 words. Thanks alpinecottage and thanks Gadget. poli