HMS Victory

George Stanley Wood served on the HMS Victory during his time as an engineer in the British Navy during the first world war. There is more information about George's war service.

The HMS Victory was a sailing ship which was used to train recruits. George had three periods of service on the Victory between March 1917-May 1917, January 1918-March 1918 and November 1918-January 1919.

An interesting piece of trivia is that it was the ship on which Admiral Lord Nelson was fatally wounded when commanding the British Fleet during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 against the French and Spanish Navy.