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Description: | British seaman served aboard HMS Invincible in South Atlantic, 1914, including Battle of Falklands, 8/Dec/1914; served aboard merchant ship in North Atlantic including sinking, 1916; served aboard HMS Vindictive in Arctic, 1915-1916; served aboard HMS Vernon in GB, 1917-1918
REEL 1: Background in Walker, Newcastle, 1892-1910: family; father's employment as miner; education; engineering apprenticeship in Swan Hunter shipyard; reason for joining Navy, 1910; reputation of Navy. Aspects of training as seaman in GB, 1910-1914: posted to training ship HMS Essex at Portsmouth; seamanship skills; explanation of term 'swinging the lead'; description of gunnery training at Whale Island; story of deserter; reaction to outbreak of war, 8/1914; question of Boer War naval veterans being called up. Aspects of operations aboard HMS Invincible during Battle of Falklands in South Atlantic, 12/1914: drafted to HMS Invincible and sailed to Falklands Islands.
REEL 2 Continues: Churchill's instruction to capture Von Spee; first contact with German Fleet while coaling; description of role with gun crew; casualties; question of rescuing German survivors; story of return journey to GB and meeting father at Newcastle docks; Aspects of operations aboard HMS Vindictive in Arctic, 1915-1916: story of transfer to Vindictive and journey to Russia; weather conditions and problem of ice; reaction to death of Kitchener aboard HMS Hampshire, 1916; story of missing Battle of Jutland due to illness; opinion of outcome of Battle of Jutland; story of joining merchant ship at St Nazaire, France.
REEL 3 Continues: Aspects of period aboard merchant ship in North Atlantic, 1916: role as gunner aboard merchant ship; description of being torpedoed en route from Brest to US; casualties and question of survivors being fired on; interrogation of survivors and attitude to treatment of survivors; story of finding pay sheet in water; description of five days and nights in open boat and rescue by US ship.
REEL 4 continues: Aspects of period aboard HMS Vernon/Warrior in Portsmouth, GB, 1917-1918: opinion of accommodation; role in experimental work with torpedoes; setting and testing procedures; problem of recovering lost torpedoes; lectures and training; description of workshops on Warrior; opinion of training; story of explosives accident during training and casualties; opinion of accommodation aboard Vernon/Warrior and refurbishment.
REEL 5 Continues: memory of church services aboard Vernon; leave; opinion of food and comparison of Repayment and General Systems; messing arrangements; story of Tickler's jam; question of pay and clothing allowance; attitude to only having half kit replaced after being torpedoed; opinion of regulating officers; attitude to treatment by Navy; description of naval punishments; story of playing football for Vernon in Trafalgar Day match; relations with civilians and dockyard workers in Portsmouth; reflections on period aboard Vernon; naval traditions and kit. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Miller, George Edward | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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