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 11 
 on: 27 December 2023 08:40:18 pm 
Started by Maxim Bloesing-Olson - Last Post by Maxim Bloesing-Olson
PhiloNauticus,

I'm aware of his time with Thomas the Tank Engine, as I was the one who worked on the video you've linked!

Sadly he was never credited for his work, and died only a year after the book was published, suggested to have been linked to a mental breakdown from his time in the Royal Navy. I've been hoping to track down a photograph of him or perhaps his relatives to give him the recognition he deserves, having illustrated an icon in children's literature.

I am not too familiar with how the Navy kept records, but would ones have existed for war journalists? From what Payne contributed in the Boy's Own Paper magazines, it seems he was aboard ships in the early 1940s, discussing the events happening at sea.

 12 
 on: 24 December 2023 10:13:04 am 
Started by Philip L - Last Post by Philip L
I have been reading - Messing, Provisions and Stores, Chapter X11, from Manual of Seamanship 1937 (Printed in 1941), Volume one (By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty). I have inherited the book from my late father who served with the Royal Navy in WW2.

I am interested in how the standard ration (and a messing allowance paid in addition) for smaller ships (Not modern ships of the larger types, as at 1937 and WW2) compares to food and drink issues to Royal navy sailors on comparable smaller ships now (2023 - 2024 or the last 20 years or so). If such a comparison is possible. I am not sure if an escort ship such as HMS Findhorn in WW2 would be considered a smaller ship (And not a modern ship of the larger type, as at 1937 and WW2).

Philip L

 13 
 on: 14 December 2023 10:46:08 am 
Started by Adyc - Last Post by PhiloNauticus

I see that he was a Stoker, so SPO probably Stoker Petty Officer..


 14 
 on: 13 December 2023 05:59:53 pm 
Started by Adyc - Last Post by Adyc
I posted a little while ago, I have now found the service record for John Kitt, and am looking through it but some terms are unfamiliar. I am assuming P.O is Petty officer, but SPO? Also I noticed he changed from a leading stoker to a POSM(Arm), again not sure about this. I have his medals, Long Service and Good Conduct, Defence Medal, 39-45 Star, Burma Star, Africa Star,
South Atlantic Star, which pretty much reflect serving on HMS Newcastle throughout WW2 as per Service Record.
I am doing some digging for a family member, the medals were tucked away in a drawer, I will be framing them but also like to do a bit of research to go along with it, so if anybody can help with abbreviations it would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

 15 
 on: 09 December 2023 06:51:12 pm 
Started by Aenauta - Last Post by Aenauta
Dear Reader,

I have recently come across some documents and photographs that belonged to my grandfather - Felix Nauta. I would like to share these photographs and also see if I could learn more about his campaign during the war. How do I go about doing this?
Most importantly I would like to have his name added to the list of pilots that flew in his Squadron - the 1840 squadron. I have his flight log book if this would be of interest.

See attached a picture of him with his squadron on the deck of the HMS Furious. Below he hand wrote the names of the men on the photo. I believed he added a cross to mark those who had not made it however his own name is marked so this cannot be as he did survive the war. I still need to have the original digitalised for better resolution.

Any help is much appreciated. Thank you in advance.

A Nauta.

 16 
 on: 09 December 2023 12:23:00 pm 
Started by BristolPete2 - Last Post by Philip L
Help to identify a cap badge was posted on the RNRA Forum, with a photo, under the heading Royal Navy on 28 October 2018 (Now on Page 3). It came up in Google search results. A reply was posted - It’s a RN officers' badge from 1952 onwards as it’s QE2 crown.

Queen E 2 came to the throne on 6th February 1952. I cannot tell from this photo what type of crown is on the badge. If you can ascertain that is a QE2 crown it may indicate that the relative served in the Royal Navy after this date. 

Philip L

 17 
 on: 08 December 2023 09:46:35 am 
Started by Maxim Bloesing-Olson - Last Post by PhiloNauticus
I cannot trace him in the Navy - he is better known apparently as the original illustrator of Thomas the Tank Engine, and seems to have been a professional illustrator, rather than a naval officer.

see: https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Reginald_Payne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPuLbCymx4


 18 
 on: 07 December 2023 11:58:34 pm 
Started by Maxim Bloesing-Olson - Last Post by Maxim Bloesing-Olson
Hello!

I am looking for any details for an individual in the Royal Navy named Alexander Reginald Payne. From what I can find he was a naval correspondent during WWII for the Boy's Own Paper magazines, and often illustrated cover art and wrote articles for them, which he signed as A.R.Payne. Two examples of which I have attached. He was born in 1909 in Surrey, and would've been in his early-mid 30s during his time in the Royal Navy.

I'm not certain whether they are the same person, but I did find there was an "A.R.Payne" with the rank of Lieutenant that served on the H.M.T.S "TRYME" in the Tanganyikan Naval Volunteer Force.

Does anyone happen to know of any photographs or records matching this description, or perhaps could recommend someone/somewhere that may better help my inquiry? I would very much appreciate it!

 19 
 on: 05 December 2023 09:26:13 am 
Started by BristolPete2 - Last Post by Philip L
A similar looking (But different) cap badge in diagram 53 on page 28 from Manual of Seamanship 1937 (Printed 1941. Refer to Books) may give a clue to what the cap badge is. The Chief Petty Officers cap badge in diagram 53 looks similar to me. The leaves on the branches (If that's what they are) look a different size to me. To me (As a non expert with limited knowledge on  the subject) this may suggest that it is Petty Officers cap badge from a different point in history, may be before 1937 or after 1947. Or may it is from the Merchant Navy. Only a guess really.

Philip L

 20 
 on: 02 December 2023 02:56:34 pm 
Started by GeoffreyHammond - Last Post by PhiloNauticus


I would say yes, from their uniform, they are indeed Cadets (Osborne  or Dartmouth).

What they are doing, and why Sidcup, I cannot say ...

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