Charles George CROWLEY, HMS Victory 1916

[sanqhar]

I have only recently started on my wife's family tree and one of the first records I have come across is the above's marriage certificate in Greenwich, London, 26/04/1916. 

It shows Rank or Profession "Ordinary Seaman on HMS Victory 8524" and Residence "Naval Camp Haslar". 

Presumably Victory was a shore station, can anyone help with anything else.

He was 26 years old so would this have been his first posting, surely he would have been called up long before this?

tom

[DeeBoneham]

Hi

Please see the following it may explain a few things:
http://www.seayourhistory.org.uk/content/view/609/777/1/2/

Haslar is in Gosport and is the site of the Navy Hospital but also seems to have been where they did the land based training for the warships (HMS Victory).

Your relative may have been in a protected occupation and decided to volunteer to serve in the Navy.  I think they changed the lists of the protected occupations so maybe he got caught up in that....

Dee

[mmm45]

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=7167768&queryType=1&resultcount=3

Heres his seamans service register you can download it for £3.50 should give you more info.

Ady

[sanqhar]

Thanks Ady

I have paid for and downloaded the page.

Does anyone know what   "Image contains 1 document of many for this catalogue reference " means?

Do I have to visit the National Archives to see the "many" referred to?

I had been looking on the NA site but couldn't find him, obviously I'm not such a good searcher!

thanks again

tom

[DeeBoneham]

Tom

I think you will find (Scrimnet please correct me if I am wrong) that the sentence means that your record is just one of many that is at the index number.  It is difficult to get docs when searching on line so its not you.  A visit to NA is well worth it if you can as you will be able to find other things but be warned when youve been once you will be hooked and will find you end up going off at tangents!!!!

Good luck
Dee