Volunteers Reinforce Trinidad Naval Base
(Received 1.30 p.m.) RUGBY, December 20,
Britain’s naval base at Trinidad has been strongly reinforced by the formation of a naval volunteer unit, which is now working at full strength. “The Trinidad Naval Volunteers,” as the unit is called, was formed without any recruiting campaign, but, in spite of that, five times the number of men required applied for enlistment. The men are drawn from all parts of the colony, from Sangre Grande to Bago, San Fernando, Barataria and Port'-of Spain. Many yachtsmen and deep-sOa fishermen are included. Some have served in the Navy or the Merchant Marine. The naval base which the volunteers have joined forms “a self-contained unit, the personnel including mechanics, carpenters, electricians, boat builders, cooks and stewards, besides regular seamen.
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Northern Advocate, 21 December 1939, Page 5
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