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The Army and Navy Club in London is a private members' club founded in 1837 for British Army and Royal Navy Officers, it also known informally as The Rag. [1] The Club offers Military membership to anyone who holds or has held a Commission in the British Armed Forces or in Commonwealth Forces, the club also now accepts applications for Non Military membership.
The Naval and Military Club, known informally as The In & Out, is a private members' club located in St James's Square, London. It was founded in 1862 for officers of the Navy and Army . It now also accepts female members, and members who have not served in the armed forces, but continues to observe service traditions.
It was founded as the RNVR (Auxiliary Volunteers) Club after World War I, for serving and retired officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). It leased interim premises from the Marlborough Club until 1946, when it acquired the Hill Street current townhouse with the financial assistance of the Astor family.
In the British Royal Navy, where there was a need to recruit enough hands to man the vast fleet of the British Empire, extensive regulations existed concerning the selection and status of boys enlisted to keep filling the ranks. Various specific terms were introduced for different age- and exam-related stages in a boy's potential career:
The Naval Careers Service (NCS) was formed on 1 April 1963 when the Naval Recruiting Service was renamed. [2] It is one of the four components of Her Majesty's Naval Service – alongside the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and the Reserve Naval and Marine Forces – and is governed by the Admiralty Board of the Defence Council. [3]
RNA Bermuda Branch, HMS Malabar, and Sea Cadet Remembrance Day ceremony at HMS Jervis Bay memorial at Hamilton, Bermuda. The Royal Naval Association (RNA) is an association of current and former British Naval Service personnel (Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Women's Royal Naval Service, Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marines Reserve, Royal Fleet Auxiliary ...
The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Yacht Club (RNVRYC) is a Yacht club recognised as a Service Yacht Club in the United Kingdom. The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Yacht Club was founded in 1947, [1] two years after the Second World War reached its conclusion. The Yacht club has a warrant to wear the UK's special undefaced blue ensign. [1] [2]
The upper yardman scheme allows for ratings identified as potential officers to be selected for commissioning training and operates in two ways. An upper yardman under 30 years of age will join a direct entry class, undertakes the same training path and is otherwise treated as a direct entrant.