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Description: | British boy seaman served aboard training ship HMS Powerful in GB, 1916; served aboard HMS Neptune in GB coastal waters, 1916-1919
REEL 1 Aspects of background in Maidstone, 1900-1916: character of family home; parent's employment; family's economic situation; initial employment. Aspects of training as boy seaman aboard HMS Powerful, 1916: reasons for enlistment in Royal Navy; swimming instruction.
REEL 2 Continues: Aspects of period as boy seaman aboard HMS Neptune at Scapa Flow, 1916-1919: daily routine for boy seaman; attitude of seaman to attacking Germans; invaliding out of Royal Navy due with lung problem; pension received for naval service; career after leaving Royal Navy. | 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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