Thank you

Of course this leads to further questions that you may or may not be able to help with.

Do you know of any sources where I can track down on what ship this previous service might have been on?

And on a different tack, I know that he was on Dauntless when she ran aground off Halifax in 1928

There is a faint note at the bottom of his service record which I think refers to this event in someway, however I am struggling to read it. Do you have any thoughts?

M

The badge does match that of the Penelope - and this design was not approved until 1934, for the new ship, so it belongs to the 1935 cruiser

On the record,  look at his Occupation (top right hand corner) before he joined the Navy - it says Engineers Servant, Mercantile Marine

As he was 17 years old when he joined, it meant that he had gone to sea before, probably when he was 14 or 15 years old (quite normal for the time)

Can anyone help explain?

E Osborn's RN service record shows he signed up for twelve years on his 18th birthday - 3rd November 1919
His record also shows he was a Boy 2 from 6th October 1918

He was subsequently awarded the Mercantile Marine Medal issued 29th January 1923 which I understand was awarded to sailors of the British Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy?)
Google tells me that qualification for this medal was for service of not less than six months in a danger zone during the war.

Am I missing something as I can't make sense of it.

Mark

Manual of Seamanship 1937 (Printed 1941). Fold up diagram attachments. All so Plate 9 (Alphabetical and Numeral flags used in Naval Signaling) and Page 42 (Semaphore).

Fold up attachments to the book shown were a bit torn up (The old book had some use). I have put them together the best I can just to give an idea what was in the book.

The Boatswain's call, How it is used, and some facts about it. This fold up attachment to the book is large (I have shown part of it) and it faces page 424.

Cruiser, Kent Class. Sketch of rig. To face page 352.

HMS. Resolution. Sketch of rig. To face page 352.

Philip L

I have now found that this is HMS Penelope but not sure if the fact that the badge is brass means it must be the one launched in 1918. Could it be the one launched in 1935 - were badges still being made in brass then?

I have inherited a heavy brass badge - see photo attached - which I have been unable to identify. It may be pre 1919 as both grandparents and a great uncle served in the navy but I cannot match the badge of their ships.  Any help appreciated

Manual Of Seamanship 1937. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners Of The Admiralty. Volume one. Printed 1941.

My father, Norman Lock, was in the British Royal Navy in WW2 between 1942 and 1946. Norman had this book which I now have. The condition of the book is not that good as it has obviously had a reasonable amount of use at some stage. Probably when Norman was in class 207, Royal Arthur with the Royal Navy in WW2. But it seems to be almost all readable. A couple of fold up picture attachments, such as a diagram of a ship with Mainmast shrouds, for example, and facts about Wain's Call (How it is used) are a bit torn up unfortunately.

I have shown the front of the book. The contents pages (The chapters in the book). Two random pages and pictures. Salutes in boats, page 58 and Flags and Pendants used in the international code. Ensigns (Man of war and Merchant) next to page 59 (Bends and Hitches). A Google search suggests that used reprints of the book may still be available.

Philip L

The photo of my father, Norman Lock, and Royal navy sailor in New York, not long after the end of WW2, came in a folder with Jack Dempsey's Bar on it. I have also found a USA service man WW2 Post card.

Philip L

My father, Norman Lock, collected Souvenir packets of photo cards, maps and photo post cards during WW2. Being a Royal navy sailor in WW2 was obviously very dangerous at times but Norman did get to see parts of the USA, Canada and a lot of the world. As can be seen from all these items he collected in WW2.

Philip L