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1. uk.forceswarrecords.com › publication › 1256UK, WWII, Royal Navy Medals, 1939-1945 - Forces War Records

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   2 days ago · Total Records. 9,814. Content Source. The National Archives of the UK. Published on Forces War Records. 8 February 2023. Last Updated. 31 October 2023. Search medal rolls and lists of officers and men of the Royal Navy who were awarded or claimed medals & clasps issued to commemorate actions & campaigns in WW2.

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   4 days ago · Here are the United Kingdom’s most important battleships of World War II. HMS King George V. The namesake of her class, the HMS King George V is important through its relationship to another ...

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4. www.historyextra.com › period › 20th-centuryWhen Did National Service End? British ... - HistoryExtra

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   2 days ago · More than two million men were conscripted between 1949 and 1963. Men were needed for the ongoing miltary occupations of Germany and Japan, which began with the end of the Second World War. Tensions between the US and Russia during the Cold War also put pressure on Britain’s military, while Indian independence in 1947 had removed a large ...

5. reviews.history.ac.uk › review › 141Frigates of the Napoleonic Wars | Reviews in History

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   4 days ago · This distribution helped to maintain the fleet at the necessary level, but nothing was so effective in this respect as the capture of enemy ships. Between 1803 and 1813 the Royal Navy captured over 50 large frigates, more than 1/3 of the total acquire dint his period, and an even larger proportion of those available before 1810.

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7. navalmarinearchive.com › research › docsTrawlers in the Royal Navy - WWII - navalmarinearchive.com

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   1 day ago · H.M. Trawler Northern Duke off Charleston, South Carolina, 1942. She was built by Deschimag (Bremerhaven, Germany) in 1936 and was requisitioned September 1939 as an armed boarding vessel, anti-submarine. She was loaned to the United States Navy from February to October 1942 and returned January 1946. Photograph by Leading Coder David Willing ...

8. uk.forceswarrecords.com › publication › 1266UK, Royal Navy Medals, 1914-1919 - Forces War Records

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   5 days ago · The National Archives of the UK. Published on Forces War Records. 9 February 2023. Last Updated. 30 October 2023. Search our WW1 rolls & lists of officers & men serving in the Royal Navy or Royal Marines who were awarded medals for service during 1914 to 1919.

9. uk.forceswarrecords.com › publication › 992View Royal Navy Registers of Seamens Services, 1848-1939 ...

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   3 days ago · Total Records. 1,850,874 · Complete: 100%. Content Source. The National Archives of the UK. Published on Forces War Records. 30 May 2017. Last Updated. 31 May 2017. Research a comprehensive list of personnel within the UK Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services covering 1848 to 1939 within our military genealogy records.