Paul, Wonderful, puts me to shame for my contribution to maritime history. Please keep up the hard work. Rod At 08:00 25/09/2013, you wrote: >Thanks Clare, > >Yes, using BT-124-23, the London Gazette, Navy Lists, the National >Archives catalogue and an occasional Google when I had problems >attempting to identify someone,... or when there appeared to be more >to a career than just a few dates etc. e.g. a few of the officers, >apart from qualifying as Masters, also went on to qualify as pilots >before WWI, often paying for the honour out of their own pockets, and >eventually transferred to the R.A.F. on 1 Apr 1918, one or two went on >to become senior officers in the R.A.F. > >Regards > >Paul RSVP. Please support the St.George Foundation: www.adecentlife.org