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Clipped Signature - Howard Instance. - Cranston Military Prints

Clipped Signature - Howard Instance.


Clipped Signature - Howard Instance.

Joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in 1933, retired as Lieutenant Commander in 1959. Survived the sinking of HMS Royal Oak on 14th October 1939, but was badly burned. Served on HMS Witherington on Atlantic Convoys and HMS Aberdeen on convoys to Freetown. He retired in 1959 and became a schoolteacher, retiring in 1980.

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Item Code : CLP2894Clipped Signature - Howard Instance. - Editions Available
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Clipped Signature.
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Instance, Howard

Lieutenant Commander Howard J Instance
Joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in 1933 and first went to sea in HMS Resolution. In June 1939 he joined HMS Royal Oak as a Leading Seaman. His Defence Station was Captain of No.1 4-in turret AA Gun, his Action Station being Captain of the right hand 15-in gun in Y turret. He was badly burned during the sinking of Royal Oak and spent a long time in hospital undergoing skin grafts. In 1940 he was posted to HMS Excellent on a gunnery course. During 1941 he served aboard HMS Witherington on Atla
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B139AP. HMS Royal Oak by Ivan Berryman. The R-class battleship Royal Oak lies at anchor in Scapa Flow between the wars ahead of her sisters Royal Sovereign and Revenge. HMS Repulse is passing the line on the left of the picture

HMS Royal Oak by Ivan Berryman 		Spitfire of 761 Training Squadron (attached to the Royal Navy) flies over the Forth Railway Bridge on the eve of World War Two, also shown is HMS Royal Oak departing Rosyth for the open sea.

Land, Sea and Air by Ivan Berryman. 		The Battle of Jutland was fought in the North Sea between the 31st May and the 1st of June 1916. The British Grand Fleet had been virtually unopposed for nearly a century but now there was a challenge to the throne; the German Navy. Although smaller, it had caught up fast and by the time of Jutland, had some telling advantages over the British Fleet. the plan for the battle was to lure the British Grand Fleet into a lethal trap in German waters. In the event although desperately fought by both sides, the battle was a stale mate. the confused conflict was hampered on both sides by bad luck, bad weather and poor communications. at the end of the battle, the Royal navy had suffered higher losses in men and ships, but the German fleet never ventured out of harbour to seek battle again.

The Battle of Jutland, HMS Royal Oak by Anthony Saunders. 		Royal Oak at sea in 1938. <br> <br> Cranston Fine Arts have arranged with the artist Randall Wilson to produce a low cost limited edition of 100 prints only. Numbered only, not signed. A canvas edition also available.

HMS Royal Oak by Randall Wilson
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Lieutenant Commander Howard J Instance
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Clipped Signature.


Instance, Howard
(Lieutenant Commander Howard J Instance)

Joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in 1933 and first went to sea in HMS Resolution. In June 1939 he joined HMS Royal Oak as a Leading Seaman. His Defence Station was Captain of No.1 4-in turret AA Gun, his Action Station being Captain of the right hand 15-in gun in Y turret. He was badly burned during the sinking of Royal Oak and spent a long time in hospital undergoing skin grafts. In 1940 he was posted to HMS Excellent on a gunnery course. During 1941 he served aboard HMS Witherington on Atlantic convoys and advanced to Petty Officer. In 1942 he was promoted to Warrant Officer (Gunner) and served on HMS Aberdeen on convoy duty between Freetown and the United Kingdom. He was aboard HMS Glasgow when she commissioned in 1944 and refitted for the Far East. He was commissioned in 1946, serving in the Reserve Fleet in 1949, as a Gunner at HMS Collingwood in 1951, promoted to Lieautenant on HMS Indefatigable in 1953, 1st Lieutenant of Tifner Rifle Range in Portsmouth in 1959, retired as Lieutenant Commander in 1959. In 1960 he undertook a two year training course as a schoolteacher from which profession he finally retired in 1980.
One source for this signature was signed by him in late 1989. We have no further information.
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