navy advanced rank commission world war 2

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Search within CAB 106 using keywords in the embedded search box. It is annotated with file references to the original Admiralty papers on which the history is based but these references are all but redundant now, following subsequent rearrangements of the files.Ī large collection of operational reports, military despatches, war diaries and other documents used by historians to compile the Official History of the Second World War are in CAB 106. The unpublished version of The War at Sea is in CAB 101/36-39. The best way to start your research into Second World War naval operations is to consult the volumes of the Official History of the Second World War, available in The National Archives Library at Kew and some other specialist libraries.

Starting your research 2.1 Consult the Official History of the Second World War technological development and research (for guidance on these subjects see our Research and development in the Royal Navy guide)Ģ.

personnel (for Royal Navy personnel records from the Second World War contact the Ministry of Defence via the Veterans Agency).For a brief introduction to some of these records see our Second World War guide.įor a more detailed overview, see J Cantwell, The Second World War: A Guide to Documents in the Public Record Office (PRO Handbook no. Consequently there is a large amount of material on naval operations in records not relating specifically to the Royal Navy, and therefore not mentioned here. This guide will help you find records at The National Archives relating to Royal Navy operations and actions that took place between 19.ĭuring the Second World War, the integration of the three armed services with one another, and with civil government and allied forces, went far further than ever before. Convoys and operations with the Merchant Navy Naval aviation services: Fleet Air Arm and RAF Coastal Command

Navy advanced rank commission world war 2