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Description: | British plumber served aboard HMS Diligence in GB coastal waters and Atlantic, 1925; served aboard HMS Hood in GB coastal waters and Atlantic, 1925-1928; served aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth in Mediterreanean, 1930-1933; includes comments from wife, L Taylor
REEL 1 Recollections of background in Plymouth, 1902-1923: education; training as apprentice plumber, 1/1917-1/1923; story of unfair dismissal as plumber, c1923; background to decision to enlist as tradesman plumber in Royal Navy.
REEL 2 Continues: Aspects of enlistment as stoker at Recruitment Office, Devonport, 1924: absence of vacancies for plumbers; subsequent regarding as plumber, 1925. Aspects of period training at St Budeux Camp, Devonport and as stoker aboard HMS Warwick, 1924-1925: reactions to lifestyle; lack of shore leave; importance of civilian reputation and Boys Brigade activities; lack of privacy at sea; teetotalism; opinion of naval chaplains. Recollections of period as plumber aboard various ships including HMS Diligence, HMS Hood and HMS Queen Elizabeth, 1925-1933: duties maintaining water supplies and sanitation; comparison with work as civilian plumber; nature of routine repairs and maintenance work.
REEL 3 Continues: tools and consumable stores; problems in fitting copper tubes for voice-pipes; uniform and overalls; question of status and privileges as member of Artisan Branch; question of superior status of shipwrights; nature of artisans' mess including messing systems and civilian atmosphere; cooperation between trades.
REEL 4 Continues: relationships with tradesmen and Seamen Branch; question of limited promotion prospects; financial effects of marriage, 1928; question of effects of long absences from home on son. Question of effects of Mr Taylor's long absences from home on son. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lance, David G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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