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Description: | British boy seaman served aboard HMS Minotaur on China Station, 1910-1912; leading seaman served aboard HMS Superb, 1912-1913; leading seaman and petty officer served aboard HMS Canada and HMS Sable in North Sea, 1914-1918. Boatswain served with Royal Navy in GB, 1940-1945
REEL 1: Background in Bournemouth: joined Royal Navy as boy seaman, 1908; family; employment; reason for joining Navy; pay. Aspects of training as boy seaman in GB: story of arrival at HMS Impregnable, Devonport; opinion of instructors; sleeping in hammock; swimming test; educational classes and seamanship; posted to gunnery school, HMS Inconstant; rates of pay; posted to HMS Essex. Aspects of period as boy seaman aboard HMS Minotaur on China Station: story of incident involving HMS Bedford; first class marksman in rifle shooting; story of competition rifle shooting in China; further comments on pay; education; qualified as leading seaman, 1912. Aspects of period as leading seaman aboard HMS Superb, 1912-1913: description of duties as instructor; relations with other crew; opinion of officers. Aspects of operations aboard HMS Canada and HMS Sable in North Sea, 1914-1918: qualified as petty officer, 1916; comparison of Canada and Sable.
REEL 2 Continues: trained as torpedo coxswain; activities with concert party aboard HMS Amazon; shore leave. Further aspects of period aboard HMS Minotaur on China Station: duties as acting seaman gunner and sight setter; description of HMS Minotaur; gunnery training on Whale Island; further memories of HMS Glory; attitude to naval life and discipline; question of not wearing boots aboard ship; description of coaling ship. Further aspects of operations aboard HMS Sable in North Sea, 1914-1918; convoy operations; description of living conditions aboard HMS Sable; further comments on naval life and attitude to role as coxswain.
REEL 3 Continues: description of duties as coxswain; attitude to alcohol. Aspects of operations as boatswain with Royal Navy in GB, 1940-1945: called up and posted to HMS Cleveland. 5/1940; story of qualifying as boatswain; posted to Tobermory, Scotland; description of daily routine and duties as instructional boatswain; transferred to Chatham and duties as pier master; comparison of operations in First and Second World Wars; various memories of life in Tobermory, Scotland.
REEL 4 Continues: reason for being teetotaller; sporting activities. Story of incident aboard HMS Vernon. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Fooks, Charles Robert | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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