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Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 2,830 Send Message	Carter	Report	2 Jul 2010 20:21
	Hi could anyone tell me if there are naval records from ww1 on ancestry? thanks linda
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 1,478 Send Message	Pete	Report	2 Jul 2010 20:23
Member Since: May 2005 Posts: 1,478 Send Message	Ancestry have the following database: Great Britain, Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924 This database is a register of the deaths of Royal Navy servicemen who served in the Royal Naval Division (RND) in World War I (WWI). It was compiled from original service records and all other sources listing RND casualties.
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 2,830 Send Message	Carter	Report	2 Jul 2010 20:31
	thanks pete,but my husbands grandfather didnt die during ww1 but we were trying to find out what ships he had served on . we know that when he was 16 years he joined the navy and did his training on The Victory.. thanks linda x
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,985 Send Message	Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)	Report	2 Jul 2010 21:12
	Have you looked at The National Archives site. They have RN records. Some of them are digitised and available at £3.50 per record. Jill
	Researching: London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...
Member Since: January 2005 Posts: 2,830 Send Message	Carter	Report	2 Jul 2010 21:26
	thanks jill i will take a look cheers linda