My paternal Grand Father,
William Henry Bamford
Stoker 2nd Class on HMS Dublin, Battle of Jutland 1916.
Navy in the family.
My paternal Grand Father,
William Henry Bamford
Stoker 2nd Class on HMS Dublin, Battle of Jutland 1916.
To wives and sweethearts.......may they never meet!
My Dad was in the Fleet Air Arm WW2.
Rob.
The Business of the commander-in-chief is first to bring an enemy fleet to battle on the most advantageous terms to himself, (I mean that of laying his ships close on board the enemy, as expeditiously as possible); and secondly to continue them there until the business is decided.
My father was RN! Joined as a boy in late 40s as a tiffy spprentice retired as a CPO submariner and joined the Naval recruiting service where he got his commision till he finally retired in the late 90s.
Cant remember sll his ships but my fleet has them all as representatives
My son in law is a graduate of the US Naval Academy at Annapolis.
His brother graduated the US Coast Guard Academy.
In military service other than navy, his other brother graduated West Point, served
two tours in Afghanistan & was awarded the purple heart.
I myself am an army combat veteran who served temporary duty aboard a navy LCU,
so I have a little naval connection.
What a fascinating and modern time we live in
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