

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)


Petty Officer WREN Isobel Florence Squires
By Gary Broad
United Kingdom

Widowhood for the Wife of Private Thomas Cameron
By Debbie Cameron
United Kingdom

Engineman William John Wallace. HMS Fratton
By William Butcher
United Kingdom

Stoker 1st Class Edmund Herbert Greenway - No Grave But The Sea
By Mike Chapman
United Kingdom

Lieutenant Alfred Frederick Maynard
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