Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve service certificate

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Service Certificate issued to William John Watkins, 1916-1919.

Black print on cream paper with handwritten details in black ink.

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Service Certificate issued to William John Watkins of Cross Keys, Gwent who served on board H.M.S. COURAGEOUS from 1917 to 1919.

HMS Courageous (S50) was a Churchill-class nuclear fleet submarine in service with the Royal Navy from 1971. In 1982, the Courageous was sent with her sister ship, HMS Conqueror, with the British task force to retake the Falkland Islands from the occupying Argentine forces. She returned home later in the year without damage. The Courageous was retired from service in 1992. She is now a museum ship at Devonport Dockyard. (wikipedia)

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

88.69I/2

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Association Type: Issuer
Date: 1916-1919
Associated Person/Body: Watkins, William John
Association Type: Associated person
Place: Crosskeys

Acquisition

donation, 2/8/1988

Measurements

Length (mm): 332
Width (mm): 210

Material

Paper
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