Royal Naval Reserve
HMS Calypso, ca. 1910
In 1902, the British Admiralty assigned HMS Calypso, built 1881-1884, as training vessel for Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. During World War I, HMS Calypso was used to protect Newfoundland shipping routes and coast. Calypso was renamed HMS Briton in 1916.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 2468), St. John's, NL.
HMS Calypso, n.d.
In 1902, the British Admiralty assigned HMS Calypso, built 1881-1884, as training vessel for Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. During World War I, HMS Calypso was used to protect Newfoundland shipping routes and coast. Calypso was renamed HMS Briton in 1916.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (B 17-22), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists on a wharf adjacent to HMS Calypso, ca. 1914
No other information available.
Courtesy of Darrell Hillier, St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists from HMS Briton, n.d.
In 1902, the British Admiralty assigned HMS Calypso, built 1881-1884, as training vessel for Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. During World War I, HMS Calypso was used to protect Newfoundland shipping routes and coast. Calypso was renamed HMS Briton in 1916.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 1529), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists, HMS Calypso, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 21-14), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists, HMS Calypso, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 52-20), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists aboard HMS Calypso in St. John's harbour, 1916
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (NA 2044), St. John's, NL.
George Miller in naval uniform, HMS Calypso, n.d.
George Herbert Miller, Royal Naval Reserve #1727X. Taken by Holloway Studio (St. John's, NL).
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (E-43-16), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists, n.d.
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 40-20), St. John's, NL.
William H. Gardner (1892-1932), Royal Naval Reserve #1249X. He was born in British Harbour, NL.
Photographer unknown. Courtesy of Brent MacLean, great-grandson of William.
Postcard of a Royal Naval Reservist in complete uniform, HMS Briton, ca. 1916
No other information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (VA 58-21), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists, HMS Briton, n.d.
In 1902, the British Admiralty assigned HMS Calypso, built 1881-1884, as training vessel for Newfoundland Royal Naval Reserve. During World War I, HMS Calypso was used to protect Newfoundland shipping routes and coast. Calypso was renamed HMS Briton in 1916.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 37-17), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists, HMS Briton n.d.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 37-15), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists, n.d.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 52-12), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists Embarking for England, 1914
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (A 11-165), St. John's, NL.
Petty Officers of the Royal Naval Reserve, n.d.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (F 46-25), St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists on Parade, n.d.
No further information available.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division (A 2-169), St. John's, NL.
Burin Peninsula Royal Naval Reservists, n.d.
Left to right: Philip Caines, Stanley Hillier, and Ernest Hillier.
Courtesy of Darrell Hillier, St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reservists awaiting passage home, Whitloe Camp, Cornwall, February 1919
No further information available.
Courtesy of Darrell Hillier, St. John's, NL.
Royal Naval Reserve death certificate, n.d.
Courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives Division, St. John's, NL.