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)
Electrical Lieutenant Ivor Hamilton Ballance, HMS Trinidad
Ordinary Signalman Frederick William James Sheldon - Jutland Survivor of H.M.S. Warrior.
Lieut-Commander Gerard Broadmead Roope VC, Drowned Saving Others
Boy 2nd Class William Cedric Brown, J/91417 of the cruiser HMS Powerful
Petty Officer Airman James William Crow, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Landrail. Died on 18th Jan 1944, age 19.
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