In this podcast from The National Archives Podcast Series, archivist Sue Lumas describes the painstaking cataloguing and conservation of naval records held at The National Archives.
Was your great grandmother in the Wrens?
October 9, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Military, National Archives, Navy, Search, Wrens
Over 5,000 women joined The Women’s Royal Naval Service during World War One, popularly known as the “Wrens”. These records are now available online for the first time from The National Archives.
William George Tompkins (1868-1886)
August 18, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Matthews, Military, Navy, Tompkins
William George Tompkins was born on February 13, 1868 at Shipton Gorge, Dorset, England the second son of Farm Labourer and ex-seaman, John Tompkins and his wife Eliza Matthews. At some time between 1877 and 1881 the family moved to Rookery Street, Burton Bradstock, Dorset where his father had obtained employment as a miller’s drayman.
