Royal Naval Reserve

His one great surprise was that he was in the Royal Naval Reserve.

'Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History' 2010

His one great surprise was that he was in the Royal Naval Reserve.

'Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History' 2010

His one great surprise was that he was in the Royal Naval Reserve.

'Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History' 2010

It said Royal Naval Reserve round his cap, but he looked as if he ought to be wearing gold earrings and a gaudy handkerchief.

Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 Various

Aug. 2 -- Ten thousand men volunteer; Royal Naval Reserve called out; fishermen will respond.

The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 Various

At the present time they "contribute four thousand four hundred and thirty-one men to the Royal Naval Reserve, -- a number equivalent to the crews of seven armored war-steamers of the first class."

Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Various

"Before the war both the Lusitania and the Mauretania flew the blue ensign of the Royal Naval Reserve, which any British merchant vessel is allowed to do if her commander and officers and two-thirds of the crew belong to the reserve."

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

Admiralty subventions, retainer bounties are paid to merchant seamen and fishermen of the Royal Naval Reserve.

Manual of Ship Subsidies Edwin M. Bacon

"Yes," muttered the man with two rings of the Royal Naval Reserve on his sleeve.

Some Naval Yarns Mordaunt Hall

Their admiral, a Royal Naval Reserve lieutenant, who, in peaceful 1914, was still the immaculate third officer of a crack Western Ocean passenger liner, looked out of his wheelhouse windows and surveyed the potbellied, lumbering cargo carriers steaming by with all the kindly tolerance of the regular man-of-war's man.

Stand By! Naval Sketches and Stories 1925