

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)


Vancouver Girl Third Officer Florence Williamson Macpherson
By Sally McGlone
United Kingdom

Surgeon Lieutenant Charles Henry Fairbank Atkinson OBE, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
By Pam Free
United Kingdom

Ordinary Seaman Donald Constance - Lost at Sea
By Tina Kelly
United Kingdom

Sig. Frank Higgins RN ~ Perished With Earl Kitchener of Khartoum
By Gary Broad
United Kingdom

Stoker 1st Class Philip Bull K/1422, Royal Navy, H.M.S. "Aboukir"
By Robert Cawley
United Kingdom
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