Grandads Record

[romft1945]

First world war record can anyone please help it is the eight ship down beginning I believe with and A,or a clue
Cheers Rom:confused:

[romft1945]

sorry forgot the record DUH!!

[Batstiger]

Could be "Cambridge" Gunnery school Plymouth command.

[romft1945]

I thought that but why would he go there as a stoker and was it there in the early 1900
ROM

[tonclass]

Can you cut the relevant text and scan it quite large ? It might help decipher it.
Rgds
Rik

[romft1945]

Rix tried tthat but it made it worse even tried it as it is and enlarged it on this site and with magnifying glass,even got the old handwriting books out but still drew a blank but thanks for all the advice ROM:(

[tonclass]

Oh well, not to worry. Im sure someone will decipher it soon.
Rik (without the 'X') ;)

[Batstiger]

Rom, HMS Cambridge was about in 1918 and before that

http://www.plymouthdata.info/Royal%20Naval%20Gunnery%20School.htm

I can't see any reason why he shouldn't be attached there, after all stokers were used for many other jobs other than engine rooms and boiler rooms.

Good luck with your research.

Whoever filled in his service documents would have made a good doctor!

[romft1945]

Rom, HMS Cambridge was about in 1918 and before that

http://www.plymouthdata.info/Royal%20Naval%20Gunnery%20School.htm

I can't see any reason why he shouldn't be attached there, after all stokers were used for many other jobs other than engine rooms and boiler rooms.

Good luck with your research.

Whoever filled in his service documents would have made a good doctor!

Quite agree will try that then the national srchives again cheers

ROM:confused:

[romft1945]

Bob you were right mate it was Cambridge has been confirmed by the knowledgable elder brother Cheers
romft:)

[herakles]

So, elder brothers do have some usefulness?!?

[astraltrader]

Hi Rom - Don`t know whether of any interest but here are a couple of photo`s of the HMS Cambridge floating gunnery school.