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Personnel => Royal Navy => Topic started by: tea girl on 24 March 2015 03:43:42 pm

Title: Promotions
Post by: tea girl on 24 March 2015 03:43:42 pm
My Grandad James Goldsmith  was promoted from seaman to leading seaman in  a few weeks after , he had been at adrossan and then sent to gibralter this was during the war, was it common for seaman to jump 2 rates?
Title: Re: promotions
Post by: PhiloNauticus on 27 March 2015 09:44:12 am

Strictly there was no 'seaman', but rather Ordinary Seaman (O/S) and Able Seaman (A/B).  You would not normally by pass Able to get to Leading Seaman.....