A neighbour has asked if I can offer any help with research on an ancestor of his:
This is what he's told me:
He served in the Royal Navy circa 1910 - 1930. This chap walked from the Royal Naval Old Comrades building one side of the town to a fete the other side of town sometime in the 1920's dressed in a full divers outfit. It was said he was actually a diver, but I have my doubts.
A recent set of three photographs have recently emerged showing him in uniform at (I guess) various times in his service.
They all show a badge on his right sleeve depicting a torpedo with a star above and below it. On his left arm there are chevrons.....first one, then two, then three. His cap has ......HMS (? out of focus) Commonwealth on it.
Any ex Naval people out there who know what this all means please ? I am not conversant with this sort of history has anyone any ideas?
Thanks
This is what he's told me:
He served in the Royal Navy circa 1910 - 1930. This chap walked from the Royal Naval Old Comrades building one side of the town to a fete the other side of town sometime in the 1920's dressed in a full divers outfit. It was said he was actually a diver, but I have my doubts.
A recent set of three photographs have recently emerged showing him in uniform at (I guess) various times in his service.
They all show a badge on his right sleeve depicting a torpedo with a star above and below it. On his left arm there are chevrons.....first one, then two, then three. His cap has ......HMS (? out of focus) Commonwealth on it.
Any ex Naval people out there who know what this all means please ? I am not conversant with this sort of history has anyone any ideas?
Thanks
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