Navy List Research

This website enables research on Serving, Retired and Deceased Officers of the ROYAL NAVY, the ROYAL MARINES, the QARNNS, and the former WRNS.

A UNIQUE INSTANT AND ECONOMIC SEARCH FACILITY

Here you can conduct your own on-line research into the information contained in the last 33 years’ serving officer Navy Lists, which give career information on all officers who served during that period, and also on-line research information on retired officers who were listed in Retired Lists and alive in 1976, and on the 13,700 reported serving & retired officer deaths since 1968. (See below for access to information in earlier Navy Lists)

The annual subscriptions also cover manual research, by e-mail request, into the Navy Lists volumes held for 1822, 1824, 1827, 1829, 1834, 1837, 1839, 1845, 1846, 1850, 1851, 1853, 1858, 1863, 1866, 1869, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1888, 1890, 1893, 1896, 1898, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1907, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959 and one for each subsequent year.

- comparable with owning all the NAVY LISTS, with an added unique comprehensive and instant research ability for the years covered on-line.

Background:

For over 200 years a book called The Navy List has been published each year. It contains the details of all Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service ( QARNNS ), and former Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS ) commissioned officers who were serving in the year of publication, and also details of the officers of their Reserve Forces.
It does not include Non Commissioned Officers, Junior Ranks and Ratings, officers of the Sea Cadet Corps, or officers of the Combined Cadet Force.

Career details include officers' surnames, forenames (or initials only in some cases) rank, seniority, branch and specialisation, decorations and post nominals, and the ship or establishment in which the officer was serving at the time of each annual publication.

A similar publication called The Navy List of Retired Officers Together with Emergency List Officers is published biennially giving information on commissioned officers who were no longer serving but were alive in the year of publication.

These publications are expensive to buy, older editions difficult to find, and when available can be difficult to use. However, using a unique search ability online research can very quickly be conducted covering a total of over 62,300 officers. (currently covering the serving officer Navy List editions which include all commissioned officers who had served at any time in the thirty three years 1976 to 2008, the Retired Officer edition for 1976 which includes all retired officers still alive in 1976. NB. Short service officers who left the Service prior to 1976 may not be listed) and all 13,700 officer deaths reported since 1968.

It is intended that the facility will be updated to include each current year, and progressively to cover earlier years, and subscribers may ask for manual research into Navy Lists not yet included in the online facility but held by Navy List Research.

What Research is Possible?

Any of the following can be researched:

Research in the on-line facility for 1976 to 2008 will instantly provide:

A list of all officers with a surname in common
A list of all officers with forenames in common
A list of all officers serving in one particular ship or establishment in any or all of the years covered
A list of all officers with a common rank and seniority date.
A list of all officers with a common branch and/or specialisation
A list of all officers with a common decoration or post nominal
A list of all officers whose death has been reported in any year (1968 to 2009)

From any of the lists of officers researched as above, any individual officer can be selected to obtain his or her full career details as given in Navy Lists: a separate page for each officer - (ie surname, full forenames where given in the Navy List, decorations and post nominals, rank and seniority history, and the ship or establishment where they are shown as serving in the Navy List for every year covered (currently 1976-2008)

Prices

The cost is £10 for the first year's unlimited access (£6 for members of the associations below), and £6 for subsequent contiguous years.

Associations eligible for £6 first year membership: The Association of Royal Navy Officers, The Naval Club of Hill Street, Mayfair, The Royal Navy Club, The Britannia Association, The RNVR Yacht Club, The Fleet Air Arm Officers’ Association, the Forces Pensions Society, the Submarine Officers’ Life Members Association, The Naval Records Society and Old Pangbournians, and the Royal Hospital School Association.

Click here for some examples to experience the power of the facility.

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