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the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve

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Last Edited: 5 Oct 2021

Military Service

  • Military Service*: The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve William Small jute preparer between 13 July 1915 and 1918 Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve;
    Sea Service, William Small, no Clyde, Z/5663; Rating O.S. A.B. 12.10.15; Date of Entry 13.7.15; Date of Birth 11.3.91; Address 26, Isles Lane, Dundee; Religion Presyterian; Can Swim No; Civil Employment Labourer; Next of Kin Wife; Name Euphemia Small; Address 26, Isles Lane, Dundee; Height 5'2"; Chest Mean 33": Colour of Hair Dark; Color of Eyes Brown.
    19.7.15 Attached to 4th Battalion, 4/B/1074
    12.10.15 Drafted from Misc. & Sea Draft Battn. Depot, (2075/1771?), to H.M.S. "Victory I" for service with the Grand Fleet.
    15.10.15 Enrolment Form to A.C.9.
    12.7.16. Request from A.G./9 Ref. No.9.8839.SC, for new Certificate; original lost in H.M.S. "Warrior".
    13.7.16. Prepared new Cert. and forwarded to Dcot for entry of service.
    3.10.19. W.G. Cert to A.G.9b.
    21.1.1920. W.G. Trace (Duplicate) to A.G.9b.1,2
  • Military Service: The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve John Gow Dickson on 25 July 1944 vessel Trouncer
    position Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant (E) RNVR.3
  • Military Service*: The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve John Gow Dickson on 27 June 1945 vessel Trumpter
    position Temporary Acting Sub-Liutenant (E) RNVR.3

Citations

  1. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) [Jan 2017].
  2. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) UK, Royal Naval Division Index, 1914-1919 [Jun 2020].
  3. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Source Citation
    Peter Singlehurst; Year: 1945
    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
    Original data:
    British Navy Lists. Marineschule Mürwick, Mürwik Flensburg, Germany.
    British Navy Lists. Peter Singlehurst. [Oct 2021]