My grandfather, born in Shefford, was enlisted into the navy on 19-11-1915 and sent to HMS Vivid 1, a shore establishment at Plymouth. I have his record card but I can't make any sense of the entries. In the column listed 'rating' he starts out as "Jun.R.A." and then on 26-3-1917 becomes "SRA". All I can find for 'RA' searching many sites is Rear Admiral which is highly unlikely as he was only 18 at the time! Could anyone shed some light on this abbreviation? Thanks Ted

If you send a copy of the record to: Ministry of Defence, Admiralty Library, 3-5 Great Scotland Yard, London SW1A 2HW, with a covering letter, you will most likely receive a full explanation of the record. They have been of great help to me a couple of times. Ray Melbourne, Aus --- Ted Harris <edward.harris1@ntlworld.com> wrote: > My grandfather, born in Shefford, was enlisted into > the navy on > 19-11-1915 and sent to HMS Vivid 1, a shore > establishment at Plymouth. I > have his record card but I can't make any sense of > the entries. In the > column listed 'rating' he starts out as "Jun.R.A." > and then on 26-3-1917 > becomes "SRA". All I can find for 'RA' searching > many sites is Rear > Admiral which is highly unlikely as he was only 18 > at the time! Could > anyone shed some light on this abbreviation? > > Thanks > > Ted > > > ==== BEDFORD Mailing List ==== > For any updates our info about the status of this > list go to > http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com > > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com