James Alexander MILNE - HMS Britannic

[seaweed]

It looks to me that he was wearing a boy seamans uniform. I believe the Cap Tallie says CALEDONIA and the photographer was from Edinburgh.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OFFICIAL-ROYAL-NAVY-H-M-S-CALEDONIA-CAP-TALLIE-/230575931443?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item35af658033
So it seems he did not stray far from home when he was 14.
PEMBROKE I was an accounting base and barracks at Chatham.
AGINCOURT was a Boys training ship at Chatham
JUPITER was an accommodation ship at Devonport
MAJESTIC was a 14,900 tons  Battleship built at Portsmouth in 1895 Her logbook for the period is in TNA so you can see where he sailed to.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?
CATID=2076284&CATLN=6&Highlight=%2CMAJESTIC&accessmethod=0
WARSPITE was an 8,900 tons Armoured Cruiser built in Chatham in1884
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=2078403&CATLN=6&Highlight=%2CWARSPITE&accessmethod=0
LEANDER was a second class Cruiser/ steel dispatch ship built in Napier
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=2076164&CATLN=6&Highlight=%2CLEANDER&accessmethod=0
ICARUS was a 950 tons Sloop built at Devonport in 1885
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/searchresults.asp?SearchInit=0&txtsearchterm=icarus&txtfirstdate=1900&txtlastdate=1902&txtrestriction=adm&hdnsorttype=Reference&image1.x=33&image1.y=12
WARSPITE second time
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=2078403&CATLN=6&Highlight=%2CWARSPITE&accessmethod=0

[ernestjames]

140,000 Royal Naval reserve records (BT377/7) covering period 1908-55, are now online on the National Archives Kew (TNA) website. I think it was done very recently with no press release.
I think following is a match
James Alexander MILNE, born Edinburgh, 1 June 1881, Number given SA310
It appears that he has added two years to his age, which was very common.
SA indicates that he was second hand on a trawler which is equivalent to a mate.
You can download a copy for about £3.50 but note that the original document was around A3 size,which TNA have then copied as a microfiche. The downloaded copy will be A4 which can make it difficult to read. The original card should be held at the Fleet Air Arm museum at Yeovilton and they can produce an A3 copy which is more expensive but much easier to read. They will also give you a price quote before you order.
I hope this helps you
best wishes
ernestjames

[sezlez]

Hi Lorna. Re the ship Jervis Bay. I think you will find it did battle with the Admiral Scheer not the Scharnhorst. Good luck with your search. Les.