Navy

Sailors during both world wars faced some of the toughest conditions and most dangerous operations. From direct conflict with other war ships, to supporting amphibious invasions, escorting vital supply convoys and the tense cat-and-mouse of submarine warfare, life in the navy was as varied as it was hazardous. Tell us their stories. (Image: © IWM A 176)

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Boy Reginald Earnshaw, MN - 'Youngest Service Casualty of WWII - Ossett Fallen'

Second World War Navy United Kingdom EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY

By Anne-Marie Fawcett

United Kingdom

Lieutenant John Conrad Cherry - Olympian

Second World War Navy United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

Lieutenant Richard John O'Neill-Roe, RN, HMS Merlin

Second World War Navy United Kingdom LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Sub Lieutenant Henry Barry Stanhope Lister, RNVR, HMS Daedalus

Second World War Navy United Kingdom HOLTYE (ST. PETER) CHURCHYARD

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Able Seaman Percy Herbert Balch P/JX 126181, HMS Hood, Royal Navy - 'In Remembrance'

Second World War Navy United Kingdom PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Michael Nottage

United Kingdom

Lieutenant-Commander (S) Maurice Kingsbury Overend, HMS Afrikander, Royal Navy

Second World War Navy United Kingdom SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY

By Jeremy Elsworth

United Kingdom

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