What a long career he had in the Navy !! God Bless him ! He joined the Royal Navy in 1904, and was sunk twice in World War 1 - destroyer HMS Medusa and cruiser HMS Cassandra. Post-war, he served with the North Russian Expeditionary Force 1919, cruised the Baltic in 1921, served on HMS Curlew on the America & West Indies Station 1922-25 and HMS Durban on the China Station in 1926-28. He joined the Royal Naval Shore Signal Service in 1928 and served as a Chief Officer through World War 2 and on to 1948. He was an early and avid photographer, and perhaps because of his experiences as a Signalman, a natural communicator http://www.naval-history.net/RecordRN190428SmithGW.htm
