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My uncle Frank Hanna, Royal Navy
A photograph of my uncle Frank Hanna, who was in the first class of 100 carefully selected warrant officers and petty officers who became officers through Winston Churchill's scheme to commission promising young men from the lower decks. He received the King's Commission early in 1913 as Mate, a rank equal to sub-Lieutenant but one which distinguished officers from the lower deck from those who ha…
Contributors
- Michael Hanna
Subject
- World War I
- World War I
Type of item
- Photograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2013-01-18 17:40:15 UTC
- 2013-01-18
- 2013-01-18
Places
- Naval Warfare
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 54246
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/4882/attachments/54246
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:46:36.226Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z
Table of contents
- A photograph of my uncle Frank Hanna, who was in the first class of 100 carefully selected warrant officers and petty officers who became officers through Winston Churchill's scheme to commission promising young men from the lower decks. He received the King's Commission early in 1913 as Mate, a rank equal to sub-Lieutenant but one which distinguished officers from the lower deck from those who had entered the service in the usual way as cadets.