In this section, I will attempt to interpret all of my father’s documents and career certificates during his time at
Before the enactment of the national conscription, military service was voluntary during the first two years of the First World
I discussed in the earlier post how one theory on why my father enlisted in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve
My father enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) in June 1940, about nine months after the war began
Officer’s Pass So it seems incredible that my father was given an officer’s pass 4 days later, on 7 September
History sometimes repeats itself.8 The Russian dictator also used similar quasi-ethnic arguments. Some examples were when he defended the Russian
On September 3, 1939, in a radio broadcast to the nation, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain gave the declaration of war
The Admiralty, H.M. Dockyard, Rosyth My father worked as a civilian for the Admiralty at H.M. Dockyard at Rosyth in