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ROYAL NAVY ROLL of HONOUR, WORLD
WAR 1, Volume 1 - by Name by Don Kindell. Includes Dominion Navies, Royal
Navy Division, Royal Marines; taken from Admiralty Death Ledgers, Admiralty
Communiqués, other Official sources.
Now available as book
or download
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ROYAL NAVY ROLL of HONOUR,
Between the Wars 1918-1939 - by Name, by Date/Ship by Don Kindell.
Both with a
Foreword by Capt Christopher Page RN
Rtd, Head, Naval Historical Branch, MOD
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WORLD WAR II SEA WAR, Volume 1,
THE NAZIS STRIKE FIRST, Day-to-Day Naval Actions, August 1939 through March 1940
by Don Bertke et al. An enlarged and edited version of Don Kindell's original
researches, arranged by date and location.
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BATTLE ATLAS OF THE FALKLANDS WAR
1982, by Land, Sea and Air by Gordon Smith.
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and
Latest review, in the International Journal of
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Dedications |
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site is partly dedicated to my father,
Ordnance Artificer George Smith (left, at Gibraltar in 1942, before Malta
convoy Operation 'Pedestal'), lost in the
sinking of HMS Charybdis off the Brittany coast on 23rd October 1943. Few
men survived and just a handful of bodies were washed ashore on Guernsey.
When they were buried by the German authorities, thousand's of Channel
Islander's attended, and ever since, Guernsey has commemorated the cruiser's
loss, usually with a Royal Navy guardship present - an unusual honour given the
thousands of British warships and auxiliaries sunk in two World Wars alone.
In 2003, Guernsey Post issued this stamp (©Guernsey Post Limited 2003) bearing a
painting of HMS Charybdis as well as Hunt-class escort destroyer HMS Limbourne,
torpedoed at the same time (by T-type small destroyers, not E-boats as often
described). I am grateful to Guernsey Post for permission to reproduce this
rather beautiful stamp.
Naval-History.Net is also dedicated
to my grandfather, Chief Yeoman of Signals
George Smith DSM. He joined the Royal Navy in 1904, and was sunk twice in
World War 1 - destroyer HMS Medusa and cruiser HMS Cassandra.  Post-war,
he served with the North Russian Expeditionary
Force 1919, cruised the Baltic in 1921,
served on HMS Curlew on the America & West
Indies Station 1922-25 and HMS Durban on
the China Station
in 1926-28. He joined the Royal Naval Shore Signal
Service in 1928 and served as a Chief Officer through World War 2 and on to 1948.
He was an early and avid
photographer, and perhaps because of his experiences as a Signalman, a natural
communicator. A lovely man, I am proud to make all his work available on the
Internet. He would have appreciated and understood the value of the Web.
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If you use any material, please acknowledge
www.naval-history.net
contact Gordon Smith
copyright 1999-2009, updated January 2009
see also J
B Phillips New Testament & Background
by Gordon Smith
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Background & Comments |
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Naval-History.Net started in 1998 with books written by Gordon Smith: |
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 'an
invaluable reference book on the war at sea (in World War 2) .... as well as an
informative guide to naval strategy', Lloyds List |
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 'contributed
tremendously to my knowledge of the war', Francois Heisbourg, Director,
International Institute for Strategic Studies, London |
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'excellent source for naval history of the First and Second World Wars, campaign
summaries and more.' - Imperial War Museum (London)
'arguable the best military history site currently online .....' -
BBC family history magazine Who Do
You Think You Are, June 2008
Since its early days, Naval-History.Net
has been considerably enlarged and enriched by the researches of Don
Kindell from the United States, Lieutenant-Commander Geoff Mason RN (Rtd), and
other contributors whose names will be found on the pages they helped make
available. Over the last 30 or more years, Don and Geoff have produced an
estimated total of 15,000 pages of work, most of which is now online. You can
find out more in:
Naval History and the Internet
- the Story of One
Site
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Notices |
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Veterans - find information on
obtaining a VA Home Loan
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Learn more about
Mesothelioma Cancer
from Asbestos News |
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Mesothelioma Cancer Center,
international resource for Naval Veterans exposed to asbestos. Information on
symptoms, diagnosis of asbestos related diseases, and
Mesothelioma Treatment
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Conway's "All the World's Fighting Ships"
1865-1905, 1906-21, 1922-46, 1947-95
all highly recommended.
My own copies
are falling apart through over-use.
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WORLD WAR 1, 1914-18
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BACKGROUND
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ROAD
TO WAR,
Franco-Prussian War to Sarajevo, 1871-1914
EXPANSION and ORGANISATION of the IMPERIAL GERMAN NAVY
1897-1918 - A Note
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MEN
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CASUALTY LISTS
Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, 1914-1918
by
Don Kindell
United States Navy
& Coast Guard, 1917-18 in
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French Navy - 25 Sailors commemorated in a New York Cemetery
Royal Navy - Badges of Rank for Officers, Men
and Boys
United States Navy - Badges of Rank for Officers
and Enlist Men
Some of the Men who
served:
Louis Bechennec, Fireman or Stoker, French Navy, including
Serbian Evacuation
Thomas
Crisp VC, DSC, Skipper RNR, HM Q-ship Nelson & the Hales
Naval Family
Samuel R
Hitchin, First Mate, SS Highland Brae, POW on German Kronprinz
Wilhelm
John R
Hunter, Lieutenant RNVR, Canadian Motor Launch skipper,
photographic record
William T G Jones, Seaman, lost with collier SS Mersario, 1
October 1917
George W Smith (left) DSM, Chief Yeomen of Signals,
1888-1977, his service record
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SHIPS
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TRIBUTE to BRITISH SHIPBUILDING and
REPAIR INDUSTRIES 1914-18
including Royal Naval Dockyards and Research Establishments
British Vessels Lost at Sea
including
Naval,
Merchant Ships and
Fishing Vessels, from
"British Vessels Lost at Sea, 1914-18", HMSO
Elco-built Motor Launches for the Royal Navy
British Shipbreaking Industry
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NAVIES
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Austro-Hungarian Navy
French Navy
Royal Hellenic or Greek Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
Turkish or Ottoman Navy
United States Navy,
also
Navy
and Coast Guard Casualties
Officers and Enlisted Ranks
Medal of Honor
1915-18
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Eastern Front and
Baltic Sea 1914-18
Mediterranean, including
Turkish Waters & Black Sea, 1914-18
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MEDALS
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Victoria Cross at Sea, including RN Division 1914-19
Albert Medal at Sea, including Merchant Navy 1915-19
Medal of Honor, US Navy and Marine Corps 1915-18
Pour le Merité,
the "Blue Max",
Imperial German Navy including naval aviation
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The Navy Everywhere,
by Conrad Gato - the RN in Africa, E. Europe, Middle East
On the Coast of France:
United States
Naval Forces in French Waters
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Joseph Husband, Ensign, USNRF
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INTER-WAR, 1918-39
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WORLD WAR 2, 1939-45
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MEN
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CASUALTY
LISTS of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies, 1939-1945
by
Don Kindell
Some of the Men who
served:
Horace
Carswell
DSM, MM, BEM, Chief Steward,
and
Russian Convoy PQ.17
Sidney Kerslake
RNR, Leading Seaman,
1920-99,
Norway and Russian Convoys
Edward Palmer
BEM,
Coxswain,
attack on
HMS Foyle Bank July 1940
Harold Siddall, Stoker,
1916-97, from Scapa Flow to Crete, and on to a German Stalag
George Smith
(left), Ordnance Artificer,
1916-43,
HMS Charybdis
Henry
Sutton, Petty Officer,
HMS Blackpool, and his Letter from Normandy,
June 1944
Frank Taylor,
Able Seaman, HMS Scarab,
Mediterranean service 1943-44
Roderick Timms, Lt Cdr, RD*, RNR and Coastal Forces, 1941-45
(external site)
Maurice Whiteing,
Leading Air Mechanic,
HMS Indomitable, Far East, 1944-1945
Basil
Woolf, MID, Petty Officer,
the
Battle for Walcheren, 1st November 1944
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SHIPS
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Major BRITISH WARSHIP LOSSES
with commanding officers, loss locations and casualties
Capital ships,
aircraft carriers,
cruisers,
destroyers & escort destroyers,
submarines, including X-craft
British Naval Losses
by
Name, Date, Theatre, Type of ship,
from "British Vessels Lost at Sea, 1939-45", HMSO
HMS Indomitable in the Far East 1944-45,
a photographic record
HMS Charybdis:
All in a Day's Work - Her Career
by 'Rocky' Royle
Her Loss and Commemoration, by the
Charybdis Association
Account of Her Loss
from Captured German Archives
Capture of British Yard Minesweeper BYMS-72,
1943 Aegean Campaign, by
Cdr Bruhn USN
HM Harbour Defence Motor Launch No.1001,
RN and later career
Thames Lighters at War,
off the British & US Normandy beaches
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ROYAL NAVY
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Naval Life and Customs
by Lt-Cdr John Irving RN, a gem of a book
Ranks,
Trades, Pay & Allowances, Badges of Rank
1942
Warrant
Officers in the Royal Navy - a history
Officer/Rating Relationships in the Royal Navy 1941-1972
Pennant Numbers
- with Addendum on the Pacific 1944-45,
all by Lt Cdr G Mason
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Royal Navy, Royal Marine, Single-Ship Battle Honours 1939-45,
with links to Campaigns
Naval-related Code Names - Alphabetically -
Chronologically
Royal Navy Minelaying Operations
both by Lt Cdr G Mason
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CONVOYS
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CONVOY ESCORT MOVEMENTS of ROYAL and DOMINON NAVY VESSELS
by
Don Kindell
including
Armed Merchant Cruisers,
Canadian Corvettes
THE SUPPLY OF MALTA 1940-1942,
including the Malta Convoys
ROUTE TO THE EAST
- the WS (Winston’s Special) Convoys,
both
by
the late Arnold
Hague
Russian Convoys
including Russian Front Summary Maps
Allied Convoy Codes, courtesy
HyperWar Foundation
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MEDALS
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Victoria Cross at Sea,
1940-45
George Cross & Albert Medal
at Sea, 1939-45
Medal of Honor
at Sea,
1941-45
Imperial Japanese
Navy and Order of the Golden Kite
- A Note
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Allied Anti-Submarine Weapons - A Note
High Frequency Radio Direction Finding - HF/DF
or Huff Duff
New Zealand's Contribution to Radar Development
Hydrographic Survey Work in the RN up to the 1980's,
all by Lt Cdr G Mason
The Early Days of
Wireless at Sea by
Louis C. Kleber
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MAPS, etc
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Campaign
and Battle Maps, World
Wars 1 & 2, Falklands War
Posters of the Royal Navy
in World War 2
Service
Magazines
of the World's Forces
Victory Celebrations
in London, June 1946
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POST-WAR, 1945-present
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MEN
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CASUALTY LISTS of the Royal Navy 1945-present
by
Don Kindell
David
Hamilton, Commander [F}, RN, his seagoing and flying career, 1939-1968
James
Summerlee, Lieutenant Commander, MID, RN (Rtd), FAA Pilot , Korea and Suez
SAR
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Royal Navy
WARSHIP SERVICE Summaries
Loch-class Frigates in the Dutch East Indies
1945-1946
Salvage Operations by RN Frigates
1950-1964
Modernisation of Town and Colony-class Light Cruisers,
all by Lt Cdr G Mason
Navy-Mad in the Nineteen Fifties
by Gordon Smith
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Royal Navy Chronology
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1946-1950 -
1951-1960 -
1961-1970
by Lt Cdr G Mason
Passing Through Ascension - Photographic
record of Ascension Island during the War
Missiles in the Malouines/Falklands - the Art
of Daniel Bechennec
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