Royal Navy & Maritime Book Reviews
And Ships and (Crews) that Deserve to be Remembered.

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" It is upon the Navy that under the good providence of God the wealth, prosperity and peace of these Islands and of the Empire do mainly depend"

ROYAL NAVY AND MARITIME BOOK REVIEWS - If you want a REVIEW Arranged please send a copy of your book. Unless otherwise stated, books have been reviewed by me

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"Royal Navy & Maritime Book Reviews" Edited by Rob Jerrard

Reviewers Wanted

Would you be interested in reviewing books for this website? If you are interested in providing reviews in about 600/800 words within 3 months or sooner then please contact me by e-mail at robjerrard@aol.com providing a small CV and your interests.

For an indication of what is required please see this site, which contains hundreds of examples. "Royal Naval & Maritime Book Reviews" welcomes all categories of reviewers, however if possible I want to know a little about you before I send out a book. Reviewers are normally sent a free copy of the book, however if you already own a book and wish to submit a review it would be considered. In order to assist with costs you will have to agree to pay the postage of any book from my address to you.

Reviews other than those completed by Rob Jerrard appear in Red. Other books have either been reviewed by Rob Jerrard or it may indicate that a reviewer is required. Interested reviewers will only ever be sent one book at a time and the first review submitted will be a guide for any future relations between "Royal Navy & Maritime Book Reviews" and that person. ALL reviews submitted are Edited only where necessary. Where "Royal Navy & Maritime Book Reviews" provide a copy of the book, Reviews provided for "Royal Navy & Maritime Book Reviews" are for use on this website only, permission should be sought if you wish to submit the review anywhere else or use it in any other way. Obviously any other form of copying is prohibited. Copies of Reviews are forwarded to Publishers who may of course use or refer to them as they wish

PUBLISHERS

Andrew Books (Edward Coleman)

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Chameleon HH publishing

Conway Maritime Press - A Wide range of Books on Naval History



Crecy Maritime

Crowood Press Limited

Fan Publications. (Neil McCart) A very good selection of books on individual ships and sets of HM Ships.

Frank Wade

G A M Books

Ganges HMS(John Douglas)

Grub Street

Joseph Gilbey

Halsgrove

Hodder & Stoughton

Libros International

Matador (An Imprint of Troubador)

Melrose Books

The Memoir Club

Nauticalia

Neat Books

North Down Heritage Centre, Bangor Northern Ireland

Out of Print Books

Please feel free to submit reviews of books you have read

Oxford Museum Press, Ohio USA

Pen & Sword Books Limited

Periscope Publishing Books & Videos

Phillimore and Co Ltd

Scarecrow Press

Sutton Publishing

Write Books CRP Ltd

Zenith Press, An Imprint of MBI Publishing Company

Miscellaneous Publishers

SHIPS (and Crews) that Deserve to be Remembered. Royal Naval History

YEARS ahead, years ahead,

Who shall honour our sailor-dead?

For the wild North Sea, the bleak North Sea,

Threshes and seethes so endlessly.

Gathering foam and changing crest

Heave and hurry, and know no rest

How can they mark our sailor-dead

In the years ahead?

Years ahead, years ahead,

The sea shall honour our sailor-dead!

No mound of mouldering earth shall show

The fighting place of the men below,

But a swirl of seas that gather and spill;

And the wind's wild chanty whistling shrill

 Shall cry " Consider my sailor-dead!"

In the years ahead.

Guy N. Pocock.

Do you have a story to tell? The Admirals and Captains have had their say, written their books: but what about you, your father or grandfather - have you memories or/and photos that could make a similar page. Send me the details and the photos and I will add a page on that ship(s),provided there is still room.

(If some of these links are not available please let me know, people sometimes change their web page without telling others, it can be very difficult to keep up with.

MY FAMILY (Ronald Charles John Jerrard)

John Jerrard Gunner RMA

Ray Jerrard (Canada)

MY SHIPS

Ships or Establishments in which I served. All are given or will be given their own page with Photos.

Royal Naval Careers in photographs

Photographs wanted

E-Mail me if you have any Photographs you can send copies of.

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