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Joseph’s uniform is shown here – the mannequin is a bit small, but a modern adult-sized one would have been be too big! (The singlet – which is wrong in terms of uniform – was not Joseph’s).<\/p>\nJoseph’s uniform is shown here – the mannequin is a bit small, but a modern adult-sized one would have been be too big! (The singlet – which is wrong in terms of uniform – was not Joseph’s).<\/p>\n
Joseph, a Manchester-born ‘piecer’ in the cotton industry, joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in December 1915 aged 20.<\/p>\n
After training at HMS Vivid shore station, he served on the battleship HMS Neptune from 4th March to 30th September 1916.<\/p>\n
During that period Neptune was unsuccessfully attacked by a U-boat, and accidentally hit by another vessel.<\/p>\n
Neptune and, presumably, Joseph took part in the Battle of Jutland in May\/June 1916, the largest naval action ever, and the last major fight between battleships in the Great War.<\/p>\n
Joseph’s uniform was found by Adam Hepburn of The Cannon, Newport Pagnell in a house clearance sale near Bedford.<\/p>\n
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Joseph’s uniform is shown here – the mannequin is a bit small, but a modern adult-sized one would have been be too big! (The singlet – which is wrong in terms of uniform – was not Joseph’s). Joseph, a Manchester-born …<\/p>\n