| I often get E-mails from people asking how do they go about researching their own family during the war, so below I have listed the various contacts to undertake a search. | |
| ROYAL NAVY SERVICE RECORDS | |
| Commissioned Officers who entered the service during, or before, 1916: | The Public Record Office, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU. Telephone: 020-8876 3444. Fax: 020-8878 8905. Website: http://www.pro.gov.uk/ |
| Commissioned officers who entered the service between 1916 and 1950, inclusive, who are either deceased or aged 61, or over: | The Navy Records Centre *, Ministry of Defence, CS(RM)2 Navy Search, Bourne Avenue, Hayes, Middlesex, UB3 1RF. Telephone: 020-8573 3831 FAX: 020-8569 2751. |
| Non-commissioned ranks who enlisted as Regular Service entrants between 1892 and the outbreak of the- Second World War, inclusive; and National Servicemen who enlisted between 1945 and 1950, inclusive: | Naval Pay & Pensions (Accounts) *, Ministry of Defence,
Centurion Building, Grange Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO13 9XA. Telephone:
01705 702224 FAX: 01705 702211. * The Navy Records Centre, and Naval Pay & Pensions (Accounts) are not open to the members of the public. |
| Claims for medals | The Medals Section, Ministry of Defence, Centurion Building, Grange Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO13 9XA. Telephone: 01705 702003 FAX: 01705 528424 |
| Information, plans, or photographs on specific Royal Navy ships | Royal Naval Museum, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 3NU Telephone: 01705 733060 FAX: 01705 875806 E-mail: library@royalnavalmuseum.org (VERY HELPFUL) |
| National Maritime Museum, Romney Road, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF. Telephone: 020-8858 4422 FAX: 020-8312 6632. Website: http://www.nmm.ac.uk | |
| Royal Marines Museum, Southsea, Hampshire PO4 9PX. Telephone: 01706 819385 FAX: 01705 838420. Website: http://www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk | |
| Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Haslar Jetty Road, Gosport, Hampshire PO12 2AS. Telephone: 01705 510354 FAX: 01705 511349. | |