At Sea

Books featuring the activities of waterborne military personnel during the Second World War

Military history

A Bootneck's Footsteps

by Mike Pinnock 
The author sets off on a nostalgic journey to retrace his father's movements with the Royal Marines 1921-45
military memoir

A Diver in the Dark

by Sydney Knowles BEM
Entertaining memoir of a pioneer Royal Navy Clearance Diver and diving partner of Commander Lionel 'Buster' Crabb
WW2 memoir

I Married a Princess

by Thomas Soars
Remarkable tale of an English RNVR officer who met and married a Persian princess during World War II
military/civilian memoir

Inside and Out

by Robert Cosh
Entertaining memoir featuring the author's experiences in the wartime Royal Navy (1939-46) and postwar in HM Prison Service (1946-81)
Naval history

Intercepted at Sea

by Leslie Howson
& John Nixon
The human cost of insecure Royal Navy signals during two World Wars
WW2 memoirs

Malta Remembered

edited by Frank Rixon
A collection of stories about the George Cross Island of Malta contributed by military personnel who served there during World War 2
Naval history

On a Sailor's Grave (No Roses Grow)

by Mike Kemble
A personal investigation into some of the greatest Maritime Disasters of the Second World War
Naval biography

Ships & Stars & Isles

by G.A. Taylor RNVR
A detailed account of Royal Navy service during World War II drawn from the author's letters and diaries
Naval memoir

This is My Story, This is My Song

by Ray Oram

Experiences of a WW2 Landing Craft (Tank) Skipper in the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and on D-Day...