Hi all. I recently received a copy of my husband's paternal grandfathers WWII Navy record. Typically it doesn't provide much information but he was a Stoker but did not actually serve on ships as he was posted at airfields - namely HMS Raven, HMS Ringtail and HMS Wagtail. As a stoker rank presumably his duties at an airfield would be different to those of a stoker on a ship - would it be right that he would have served more like a fireman?
He was discharged in August 1946 for being Invalided - Pronounced Unfit for Naval Service after having been at the Royal Naval Hospitals in Plymouth and Sherborne from March 1946. There is no other information about why he was in hospital and the only notation about it states "Invalided 3/8/46 DNA3AR/E Nil FSL." Does the DNA3AR refer to the Royal Patriotic Fund? And Nil FSL - means no Foreign Service Leave?
I'm guessing we might not find out much more about the reasons behind the hospitalisation - do the Royal Navy Hospitals typically provide information on deceased servicemen if you contact them?
Thanks in advance
