Boyd Salmon, who joined up as a rating, aged 17, went on to be commissioned as an officer in 1944 and was part of the Royal Navy's Enemy Mining ... ordnance from Sword Beach at Normandy as well ...

Mr Salmon, who was commissioned as an officer in 1944, died just before Christmas at his care home in Lymington, Hampshire. Describing him as 'remarkable', a Royal Navy spokesman said ...

Sub-Lieutenant Boyd Salmon, who has died aged 100, was one of the last mine clearance divers who helped to make Europe safe at the end of the Second World War.

He had originally joined the Navy as a rating, aged 17, and served on Atlantic convoys as well as in the Mediterranean before being selected to become an officer, commissioning on Trafalgar Day 1944.

The Japanese occupations in June 1942 on the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska, originally planned as a feint to divide the U.S. Navy at the ... aided by Royal Canadian Air Force warplanes ...

T HE FINAL signal sent by Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is etched in the minds of officers in the Royal ...

The prestigious Sword of Honor went to Midshipman Tennakoon M.L. Vimukthi from Sri Lanka for his exceptional performance. Officer Cadet Ali Jalil Ibrahim ... of its graduates this year.” The Pakistan ...

Commander Teilo Elliot-Smith was in the vanguard of the Royal Navy’s overseas patrol ship programme to deploy a new generation of warships around the globe. As Commanding Officer of HMS Tamar he ...

Captain Will Blackett, born in Portsmouth and Commanding Officer of HMS Prince of Wales, raised a toast to the emotional moment that saw his family serve in the Royal Navy every day since January ...