In a sense, King George VI was in 1 lowly position when the Great War broke out. He was an 18-year-old. midshipman on board H.M.S. Collin Wood, Of course he was Prince Albert, but nobody thought of that! Everybody called him "P.A" until they forgot what it stood for. "The life of a midshipman in the gun-room is quite a hard one. "PA" was. a very ordinary kind of midshipman far as human contacts went.
He was a bit shy because he stammered, However, the men respected ho was the best midshipman at handling'a boat. That is. pretty high praise from such a quarter, and there no doubt that "P.A." was quite a Useful and unassuming young man, who more than anything else was sorts of ile extras such as toilet soap, and plenty of hot water for baths, which all helps to make the pocket money go further. About £1 8 week Is deducted for their board and lodging.
'Throughout the service naval terms are used. "Wrens" go on "watch" 2s naval men do in a ship, not on duly'
army women would, Time is counted by "bells: Bods are "bunks," holidays are "leave; and time off is "om duty."
Watches vary according to the kind of work the rating is engaged upon. In the specialized groups are girls who are wireless and telephone operators, signallers,—telegraphists, Others do eyphering, decoding, and drive motor lorries carrying supplies from one place to another, 'The "general duties" cover work as cooks, stewards, messengers, and orderlies, There ' are now "Wren" units in almost every port. As stewards they are working barracks, at some paris doing all the di the officers' mess—waiting at table, cleaning silver, setting tables, Some of the younger ones are doing duty as messengers, others as order lies, "But whatever their Job the women of the Navy are fulfilling it with the same keenness and thorotighservices, 7 ness as the women in the other German African. 'Colonial' Army, where he was "decorated: fe was Aelilery captain of thirty-four, when war broke out, and was attached 40 {he General Sialf of the "BER. in Admiral Forbes~our Jellicoe of today—was a commander of thirty-three when the first German war came. Young as he was, he was considered a very brilliant' officer, and several senior officers had shown con~ siderable interest in his career. He had just completed two years* experlmental work at the gunnery "school at that time, and was immediately appointed as' second-in-command the Queen Elizabeth, the first of the oil-fired 15-inch-gun' battleships, Pioneer Military Aviator 1913 a subaltern of twenty-eight inven Indian Gurkha. regiment: was called home to become "one of the frst pilots in the newly-formed Royal Flying Corps. Tu T011 when home eave he had learnt to Wy'at his own txpenso, and ho earned. the 14ath fying certiteate to be issued in this country, His name is now Air Chief Marshal sir Cyril Newall O14 Newall was" all a subtle tem, and vith that rane. went. France with the BER. He was one those pioneer military tiers who fla the carly reconnoitring, and doves foped that remarkable system of combat' which earned sp much" ade miration and wonder in "the. frst years of the war. ite made his name Bea fighting airman 'A-name which means everything to milieus o¢ Poies today is that. of Marshat Smisly-Ryds," tu 1014 young Edward Ryde was a keen student of the Cracas Academy of Avts.. He wat also a second-lieutenant of the Aut trian" Army Reserve; for Poland at that time was split between Aus {ria, Russia, and Germany, On August 13, 1914, young Baward Rydz was called from his art studies help train the newly-formed Polish logion, At that time the legion consisted of only three companies, and terim Pilsudski was the commanding officer. Edward Rydz looked 30 youthful and pink-checked that was afraid his men would not respect him." He did not shave on the morn= ing he went to the barracks, nor ever again till the and of hosiiities. His beard made him look a lot more impressive.
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