LoginAN INFLEXIBLE LINK — Nautical Memoirs of a Cornishman in the Royal Navy, 1897-1941
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Many Senior Naval Officers have written their memoirs, but it is rare to find those of a man who served on the Lower Deck in the early part of the last century (1897-1912) and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander by the time he retired from service life in 1941.
Jack Brander joined the Royal Navy during Queen Victoria’s reign when the British Empire was at its zenith, and sailing ships were still in use. He saw action in China during the Boxer Rebellion when still a Boy 1st Class aged 18. World War One saw him in action in the first Battle of the Falklands on board HMS Inflexible where he was in charge of a 12 inch gun
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