Royal Navy's Reserves in War and Peace 1903-2003

by Howarth, Stephen

• ISBN13: 9781844150168
• ISBN10: 184415016X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: Pen & Sword

Table of Contents

Foreword by the First Sea Lord	vii
Preface	ix
VMT	xi
1 'A force to be called the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve'-The background and formation of the force, 1798-1903	1	(10)
2 'Imitate the Royal Navy as much as you can and dare'-The fledgling force, 1903-1914	11	(20)
3 'If I should die...'-The reservists at war, 1914-1918	31	(22)
4 'The waters of hope'-The reservists' interwar years, 1919-39	53	(22)
5 'The taste of the ocean'-The reservists' return to arms, 1939-1945	75	(26)
6 'Drake and Nelson...would be glad to have such volunteers'-The reservists' changes of form and function, 1945-1958	101	(20)
7 'The part-time element in a single naval service'-The unified reserves, 1959-1974	121	(20)
8 'Our business is deterrence'-The rationalization of the reserves, 1975-1989	141	(16)
9 'To support the Royal Navy'-Looking astern and looking ahead, 1989-2003	157
Appendix	1	(1)
Senior Royal Navy Officers with responsibility for the Naval Reserves, 1903-2003	179
Appendix	2	(1)
Commodores of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Naval Reserve	181
Appendix	3	(1)
Awards of the Victoria Cross to members of the Naval Reserves	183
Appendix	4	(183)
Awards of the George Cross to members of the Naval Reserves	185	(2)
Principal Published Sources	187	(2)
Index	189