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)

Private Frederick Walter Thomas William Tickner PO/18066, 4th R.M. Bn., Royal Marine Light Infantry

First World War Navy United Kingdom DOVER (ST. JAMES'S) CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

Commander Philip Somerville DSO and Bar, DSC and Bar, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Kingston

Second World War Navy United Kingdom IMTARFA MILITARY CEMETERY

Chief Petty Officer Harry Ernest Wild, 181904, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Biarritz

First World War Navy United Kingdom MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY

Signal Boy Edward Ferdinand Green, J/30792, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Europa

First World War Navy United Kingdom MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY

Lieutenant Commander William Ewart Hiscock, Royal Navy, H.M.S. “St Angelo”

Second World War Navy United Kingdom MALTA (CAPUCCINI) NAVAL CEMETERY

Wren Yvonne Lilian Capon 24094, Women's Royal Naval Service, HMS Royal Arthur

Second World War Navy United Kingdom Women at war SURBITON CEMETERY

By Philip Baldock

United Kingdom

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