Band of Brothers: Boy Seamen in the Royal Navy, 1800-1956 - Hardcover

Phillipson, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750912510 ISBN 13: 9780750912518

Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd,, 1996

Synopsis

"Band of Brothers" is a history of the boy seaman rating in the Royal Navy, beginning with its evolution from the 18th century "Officer's Servant" through to its abolition in 1956. It tells of an astonishing Victorian Naval tradition which continued right into the modern age. HMS Ganges, a byword on the lower deck of the Royal Navy for strict discipline, was the hardest of the boy seaman training establishments, and was widely regarded as the archetype. The Royal Navy throughout those years was a supremely conservative and traditionalist institution, and particularly in its attitude to and treatment of lower deck people, the boys in particular. Drawing on his own detailed diaries, the author recreates daily life ashore and afloat, in peace and war. Recruitment, food and clothing, training, discipline and punishment are all recorded, and supported by the personal accounts of boy seamen who went on to serve in the Royal Navy as men.

About this title

About the Author:

David Phillipson enlisted in the Royal Navy as a boy seaman in 1946 and trained at HMS. Ganges. He served in the Royal Navy for 11 years.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd,
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0750912510
• ISBN 13: 9780750912518
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160
• Illustrator: 27 Plates