Cymro Posted 4 October , 2017 Share Posted 4 October , 2017 Having just read Mee's "Marine Gunner" I've realised how few Royal Navy or Merchant Navy accounts I've read. I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations of books rare and commonplace that I could try to get hold of. I'd be particularly interested in accounts by Ratings or the lower ranks if any such exist. Any thoughts gratefully received.. Best regards Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 5 October , 2017 Share Posted 5 October , 2017 Some of these will include less GW material proportionately, but:- Allingham, Henry; Goodwin, Denis. Kitchener's Last Volunteer. Mainstream Publishing, 2008. Choules, Claude. The Last of the Last: The Final Survivor of the First World War (2nd ed.). Mainstream Publishing, 2010. Scrimgeour, Alexander. Scrimgeour's scribbling diary. [Available in a modern edition: a midshipman, and very much of his time, who was a casualty of Jutland]. Fawcett, GWW and Hooper, HW, eds. The fighting at Jutland: the personal experiences of sixty officers and men of the British fleet. Hutchinson, 1920. Arthur, Max, ed. Lost voices of the Royal Navy: life in the Royal Navy from 1914-1945. Hodder, 2005. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymro Posted 5 October , 2017 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2017 Thanks very much indeed SJ - Fawcett and Arthur look particularly interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 5 October , 2017 Share Posted 5 October , 2017 No trouble. You probably know that Henry Allingham and Claude Choules were two of the last surviving GW veterans: Allingham was RNAS but also at Jutland, and Claude was RN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymro Posted 5 October , 2017 Author Share Posted 5 October , 2017 I didn't, so thanks again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James A Pratt III Posted 13 October , 2017 Share Posted 13 October , 2017 Last Cruise of the Majestic by a sailor on this ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cymro Posted 19 October , 2017 Author Share Posted 19 October , 2017 New one to me - Thanks for the recommendation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithmroberts Posted 19 October , 2017 Share Posted 19 October , 2017 Fawcett and Hooper, "The fighting at Jutland" mentioned above, is obviously narrow in its focus, but is really worthwhile. I commend it, not just because I have researched the Fawcett family, which sent four sons and a daughter to war, (one killed MID , one seriously wounded MC on 1/7/16, and another MC lost in WW2 after the fall of Singapore, not bad for Yorkshire mill owners), but because it brings together so many experiences from that short period of time. The Fawcett who compiled it was awarded a DSO for services in WW2 as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HQTANKS Posted 20 October , 2017 Share Posted 20 October , 2017 One of the most interesting accounts of life on battleships before and during the war is ''AYE AYE SIR'' by 'Clinker Knocker' who was a stoker. Published in the '30's it is full of anecdotes concerning the everyday life of sailors during the war-unfortunately quite rare! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 21 October , 2017 Share Posted 21 October , 2017 Found another one today: On four fronts with the Royal Naval Division / by G. Sparrow RN and J.N. McBean Ross RN. London: Hodder, 1918. Ross was a surgeon RN, incidentally. The book is available online at archive.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now