Personnel Records
Royal Navy Service Records
1. Commissioned Officers
a.
Commissioned officers who entered the service during, or
before, 1916:
The Public Record Office,
Ruskin Avenue,
Kew,
Richmond,
Surrey TW9
4DU.
Telephone: 020-8876 3444.
Fax:
020-8878 8905.
Website: http://www.pro.gov.uk/
b. Commissioned officers who entered
the service between 1916 and 1950, inclusive, who are
either deceased or aged 61, or over:
The Navy Records Centre *,
Ministry of Defence,
DR2A Navy Search,
Bourne Avenue,
Hayes,
Middlesex, UB3 1RF.
Telephone: 020-8573 3831
FAX: 020-8569
2751.
c. Commissioned officers who are
currently serving, or who are retired and aged 60. or
under:
The Naval Secretary *,
Ministry
of Defence,
Victory Building,
HM Naval Base,
Portsmouth,
Hampshire PO1 3LS.
Telephone: 023 9272 7431
FAX: 023
9272 7431.
2. Non-commissioned ranks
a.
Non-commissioned ranks who enlisted into the service
during, or before, 1891:
The Public Record Office (for address, see
1a, above).
b. Non-commissioned ranks who enlisted
as Regular Service entrants between 1892 and the
outbreak of the- Second World War, inclusive; and
National Servicemen who enlisted between 1945 and 1950,
inclusive:
The Navy Records Centre (for address, see
1b, above).
c. Non-commissioned ranks who enlisted
as Regular Service entrants from the outbreak of the
Second World War, up to the present.
Naval Pay & Pensions (Accounts)
*,
Ministry of Defence,
Centurion Building,
Grange Road,
Gosport,
Hampshire PO13 9XA.
Telephone: 023 9270 2224
FAX: 023 9270
2211.
* The Navy Records Centre, the
Department of the Naval Secretary, and Naval Pay &
Pensions (Accounts) are not open to the members of the
public.
The Ministry of Defence will normally only
release the information given in service records to the
subjects of those records, or to their next of kin; and
it may charge a search fee, which cannot be refunded.
Claims for Medals
These should be addressed
to:
The Medals Section,
Ministry of Defence,
Centurion Building,
Grange Road,
Gosport,
Hampshire PO13 9XA.
Telephone: 01705 702003
FAX: 01705 528424
