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Description: | British seaman served as gunner aboard HMS Doon in GB coastal waters and North Sea, 1914-1918
REEL 1: Recollections of service with Royal Navy, 1904-1918: memories of raid on Scapa Flow; duties patrolling North Sea aboard HMS Doon; story of minefield; accommodation; armaments; attitude to naval life; story of joining Merchant Navy, 1923; opinion of officers; attitude to naval discipline and punishments; shore leave; shelling Belgian coast; duties with gun team; description of loading and firing inside gun turret; no ear protection and resulting deafness in one ear.
REEL 2 Continues: opinion of pay; opinion of modern navy; story of father's service with navy and coastguard; story of going to Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, 1904; description of dormitory; opinion of petty officer boys; story of fight; passed sea test at 14; training at Royal Hospital School and HMS Ganges; opinion of Royal Hospital School.
REEL 3 Continues: discipline and punishments; physical training; fights between boys; recreational and sporting activities; parade ground; opinion of education; memories of brothers; story of tug; sea training aboard HMS Essex; daily routine and duties; story of trip to New York and meeting film stars; service aboard HMS Dominion, 1911; memories of coronation of George V; duties as mess man aboard HMS St George; training at gunnery school; story of telescope. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Westacott, Ralph | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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