Outline of the career of
William Bashford Ettie
in the Royal Navy.



Ship's Name
Ratings From To
Ganges Boy c.1930 c.1930
Rodney (Invergordon Mutiny) 1931 1932
Malaya 1932 1934
Delhi 1934 1938
Plover 1938 1939
Victory (Spirit Section) 1939 1940
Cairo (Operation Pedestal) 1940 August 1942
Mercury (Signal school) 1943 1943
Ceres (Highgate, London. Supply school) 1943 1943
Invergordon - Force H (6 months) 1943 1943
Hythe (nr. Southampton - "D" Day) 1944 1944
Golden Hind (Shore base, Sydney, New South Wales) Chief Pusser 1944 1946
St. Vincent (Gosport) 1947 1947
Indomitable 1948 1949
Implacable 1948 1949
Terror (Singapore) 1951 1954
Ceres, (Supply school, Wetherby, Yorks) 1955 1955
Theseus (Port Said Incident) 1956 1956
Victorious 1958 1959
Forth (Malta) 1960 1961
Resource (Reserve fleet, Portsmouth) 1962 1963
"Out to grass" 11 June, 1963