LINKS

1. Those Who Served and Those Who Died

Friends of War Memorials Maritime

Medal Claims - The Medals Section, Ministry of Defence, Centurion Building, Grange Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO13 9XA, telephone: 02392 702003

Royal Navy Information Sources, MOD

Service Records, Royal Navy "The Ministry of Defence will normally only release the information given in service records to the subjects of those records, or to their next of kin; and it may charge a search fee"
Commissioned Officers before 1916	The Public Record Office
Commissioned Officers between 1916 and 1950 who are either deceased or aged 61 & over	The Navy Records Centre, Ministry of Defence, CS(RM)2 Navy Search, Bourne Avenue, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1RF Telephone: 0208-573 3831
Commissioned Officers currently serving, or retired and aged 60 or under	The Naval Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Victory Building, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3LS
Non-commissioned ranks before 1891	The Public Record Office
Non-commissioned ranks between 1892 and September 1939, and National Servicemen between 1945 and 1950	The Navy Records Centre - address above
Non-commissioned ranks from September 1939 to present	Naval Pay & Pensions (Accounts), Ministry of Defence, Centurion Building, Grange Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO13 9XA

2. British Organisations Which Help Those Who Served, as well as Their Families
Association for Resettlement & Employment Advisors
Association of Royal Navy Officers (ARNO)
British Limbless Ex-Servicemen's Association, The (BLESMA)
Ex-Service Homes Referral Agency (ESHRA) -
Ex-Forces Network, The -
King George's Fund for Sailors (KGFS)
Marine Society, The
Officers Association, The,
Regular Forces Employment Association
RN & RM Children's Fund, The, HMS Nelson: tel 01705 817435
Royal Alfred Seafarer's Society
Royal British Legion, The
Royal Naval Association
Royal Naval Benevolent Society for Officers, London EC4Y 1BD: tel: 020 7427 7471
Royal Naval Benevolent Trust, The
RSR - Dame Agnes Weston or Aggies
Soldiers Sailors Airmens Families Association (SSAFA) ,
South Atlantic Medal Association 82 (SAMA)
War Pensions Agency, Dept of Social Services
War Widows Association of Great Britain, tel 0870 2411305
White Ensign Association, The
Women's Royal Naval Service Benevolent Trust, Portsmouth: tel 01705 655301

3. Royal Navies of Britain and the Commonwealth
Ministry of Defence, London
Royal Navy
Royal Navy Postwar - especially for coverage of RN present and future
Australian Navy
Canadian Navy
New Zealand Navy

4. Training Establishment Associations
HMS Fisgard Association
HMS Ganges Association
HMS St Vincent

5. Specialist Associations
Anti-Submarine Warfare Instructors Association
Royal Naval Communications Association, The
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Maritime Royal Artillery Old Comrades Association (DEMS - Defensively-Equipped Merchant Ships), Ffynnongoch Cottage, Penuwch, Tregaron, Dyfed SY25 6QZ

6, Fleet Air Arm Associations
Aircraft Handlers Association, The
Aircrewman's Association
Armourers Associations
Fleet Air Arm Association
Fleet Air Arm Officers Association

7. Royal Marine Associations
Green Berets (RM Commando) Association, The
Once a Marine - portal site for all things RM
Royal Marine Band Service, The

8. Warship, Class & Type Associations
HMS Albion, 1962-64, Tel 01449 741887
HMS Ajax (Battle of River Plate), 10 George Street, Harwich CO12 3ND, Tel 01255 502007
HMS Cockade, 27 Gollands, Brixham, South Devon TQ5 8JY
HMS Coventry (1942) Old Hands Association, Tel 01273 305193
H.M.S Cumberland (Battle of River Plate), c/o Ron Greenwood
Destroyer Club for CO's, The, DNO AAW, Room 5357, MOD Main Building, London SW1A 2HB
Flower Class Corvette Forum
HMS Gambia Association
HMS Glamorgan Falklands Association
HMS Hermione, RN Webring - HMS Hermione Association
Landing Ships Tank Club (LST's MkI, II & III), 45 New Road, Water Orton, Birmingham B46 1QP, Tel 0121 747 2418
HMS Newcastle (52-58) Association, "Hillcrest", Mickle Hill, Blackhall Rocks, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS27 4FD
HMS Newfoundland Association, 1942-59, 8 Lindale Close, Buglawton, Congleton, Cheshire, Tel 0260 279819
HMS Opportune Association, 1942-55, 8 Redgate, the Pippins, Northwich, Cheshire CW8 4TQ, Tel 01606 79990
HMS Penelope Association, 395 Lytham Road, Blackpool FY4 1EB
HMS Solebay Association, 53 Montague Court, Kingsdown, Bristol BS2 8HT
HMS Tenby Association
Ton Class Association, The, 42 Trenant Rd, Tywardreath, Cornwall PL24 2QJ
HMS Westcott, Stable Cottage, West Bergholt, Colchester, Essex CO6 3JQ, Tel 01206 240614

9. World War 2 Campaign & Battle Associations
River Plate Veterans and Families Association, The, Lytondale, Kirton lane, Stainforth, Doncaster DN7 5BP
Russian Convoy Club, 43 Trentham Drive, Bridlington, Yorks YO16 6ES

10. Falkland's War 1982
South Atlantic Medal Association 82 (SAMA)

11. Youth Organisations
Sea Cadet Corps

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1.		Those Who Served and Those Who Died
2.		British Organisations Which Help Those Who Served, as well as Their Families
3.		Royal Navies of Britain and the Commonwealth
4.		Training Establishment Associations
5.		Specialist Associations
6.		Fleet Air Arm Associations
7.		Royal Marine Associations
8.		Warship, Class & Type Associations
9.		World War 2 Campaign & Battle Associations
10.		Falkland's War 1982
11.		Youth Organisations