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Description: | British seaman served aboard HMS Dianthus in Black Sea, 1919
REEL 1 Aspects of enlistment and training in Royal Navy, 1908-1909: reasons for enlistment in Royal Navy, 1908; punishment received for attempt to break out of Devonport Barracks as boy seaman; reasons for caning boy seamen; attitude towards punishment. Recollections of period as seaman aboard HMS Dianthus, 1919: captain's refusal of crew leave.
REEL 2 Continues: occasion when he went ashore in Constantinople without permission; court martial and subsequent investigation of captain; restoration of his good conduct badge. Description of job as 'boy jumper' mooring destroyer to harbour buoy, 1909. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | McMurray, Campbell | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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