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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LondonZ/3438 John Moon, Anson Battalion. The last of four brothers to die

First World War Navy United Kingdom TRANCHEE DE MECKNES CEMETERY, AIX-NOULETTE

United Kingdom

Petty Officer WREN Isobel Florence Squires

Second World War Navy United Kingdom Women at war KIDDERMINSTER CEMETERY

United Kingdom

Widowhood for the Wife of Private Thomas Cameron

First World War Navy United Kingdom Women at war LAMBETH CEMETERY

By Debbie Cameron

United Kingdom

Engineman William John Wallace. HMS Fratton

Second World War Navy United Kingdom LOWESTOFT NAVAL MEMORIAL

By William Butcher

United Kingdom

Stoker 1st Class Edmund Herbert Greenway - No Grave But The Sea

First World War Navy United Kingdom PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

By Mike Chapman

United Kingdom

Lieutenant Alfred Frederick Maynard

First World War Navy United Kingdom Pre-war sportsman/woman THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

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