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Description: | British petty officer stoker served aboard HMS Liverpool in North Sea and HMS Monitor in English Channel, 1914-1919
REEL 1: Background in GB: family; service as trumpeter with Army Service Corps; joined navy as stoker, 1904. Aspects of operations as petty officer stoker served aboard HMS Liverpool in North Sea and HMS Monitor in English Channel, 1914-1919: training; summary of ships; posted to HMS Liverpool at outbreak of war, 8/1914; story of sinking U-15 during Battle of Heligoland Bight. 8/1914; sporting activities; reason for joining Royal Navy; rates of pay; family background; story of leaving army and civilian employment; qualified as petty officer; comparison of coal and oil burning ships; types of oil; comparison of army and naval discipline; opinion of officers; story of boiler room on HMS Iron Duke; memories of playing football.
REEL 2 Continues: Aspects of period aboard Cutty Sark and memories of Duke of Westminster. Aspects of training as stoker on HMS Nelson, Portsmouth: swimming test; gunnery training; recreational activities in Portsmouth. Further aspects of operations aboard HMS Monitor in English Channel: coastal patrol duties based at Dunkirk; duties as petty officer stoker. Aspects of operations with Royal Navy in North Russia, 1919. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Wells, George Edward | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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