Service Record

[lizzy56]

Could anyone tell me what 10/- Grat for raising V 22 Acheron means. This is on my Grandads service record. I am stumped on this.
Thankyou.

[ScouseBoy]

Gratuity  perhaps?  Ten shillings   (Fifty pence as we would say today)

Was he in the Royal Navy?


V22  could be the hull number  of a vessel called "Acheron"

[ScouseBoy]

Acheron  was probably the name of a ship.

There was probably a class of ship based on  historical     "greek mythological"  names,   such as Hercules,   Ariadne    etc etc

[ScouseBoy]

There WAS an "Acheron"   class of destroyer,   but they were called "I "  class.

What date did your Grand father serve?

[ScouseBoy]

Possible that  HMS  Acheron  was re-fitted as a minelaying ship?

Then possible that a V22  was a type of anti ship mine.    I do not know but I am speculating   or Guessing.

[Chilternbirder]

A summary of her service is on Wikipedia. I can't identify what V22 would have meant but a few minutes on Google shows that there were a variety of gratuities that were paid. Are you sure that it was V22 and not U12? The ship rammed that U boat in March 1915

[lizzy56]

Hi. My grandad's served in the Navy from 24th October 1904 to 23rd January 1918 as  Head Stoker. It deffinately looks like a V and not a U. The Acheron was the first ship he served on but served on it again in 1915.
He served on nine in total.
I never met him so just trying to found out what I can on him.
Thank you for your help it's much appreciated.

[macintosh]

I wonder if it refers to a promotion from stoker to Chief or Master Stoker, there are RV2 references on my g/fathers record for HMS Kent WW1 and my father's for RNR in ww2.

James