D is for Dockyards
D is for Dockyards Simon Fowler, in his book Tracing your Naval Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians, reminds us that: "the Admiralty was the largest employer in Britain (in the 18th and 19th centuries) employing thousands of men at its dockyards." Some dockyards included: Cadiz (or Mediterranean) Chatham Cork or Haulbowline Deptford Gibraltar Halifax Harwich Jamaica or Kingston Malta Minorca (or Port Mahon) Nelson's at Antigua Pembroke Penang (or Prince of Wales Island) Plymouth or Devonport Portsmouth Sheerness Woolwich York (or Lake Ontario) I've highlighted the dockyards that were Royal Naval dockyards. The others were called outports as per this guide on the Royal Museums Greenwich site. My great-great grandfather Edward Conner/Connor was a fitter in HM Dockyard (I am presuming Portsmouth as that is where he lived) per the register of St James hospital in 1897. See this blog post here ...