FROM A B TO OFFICER. A B JACK RUPERT BOULTON, ONE OF THOUSANDS PROMOTED FROM THE LOWER DECK TO MEET THE WAR-TIME DEMAND OF BRITAIN'S GREAT AND EXPANDING NAVY. BOULTON, A DORSETMAN, REDHEADED AND 6 FT TALL, WAS EDUCATED AT WEYMOUTH. AT 34 HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE NAVY AND SERVED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FOR 6 MONTHS AS AN A/B. HIS PAPERS ON JOINING HAD BEEN MARKED "POSSIBLE C W (COMMISSIONED WARRANT) CANDIDATE" AND IN SEPTEMBER 1942 HE RECEIVED HIS 'RECOMMENDED', AND WAS SENT TO PORTSMOUTH BARRACKS FOR TRAINING. AFTER SOME WEEKS HE PASSED THE EXAMINING BOARD, THE DENTIST, AND THE MEDICAL OFFICER, AND
FROM A B TO OFFICER. A B JACK RUPERT BOULTON, ONE OF THOUSANDS PROMOTED FROM THE LOWER DECK TO MEET THE WAR-TIME DEMAND OF BRITAIN'S GREAT AND EXPANDING NAVY. BOULTON, A DORSETMAN, REDHEADED AND 6 FT TALL, WAS EDUCATED AT WEYMOUTH. AT 34 HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE NAVY AND SERVED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FOR 6 MONTHS AS AN A/B. HIS PAPERS ON JOINING HAD BEEN MARKED "POSSIBLE C W (COMMISSIONED WARRANT) CANDIDATE" AND IN SEPTEMBER 1942 HE RECEIVED HIS 'RECOMMENDED', AND WAS SENT TO PORTSMOUTH BARRACKS FOR TRAINING. AFTER SOME WEEKS HE PASSED THE EXAMINING BOARD, THE DENTIST, AND THE MEDICAL OFFICER, AND RECEIVED PREPARATORY TRAINING IN SIGNALS, FIELD TRAINING, SEAMANSHIP AND NAVIGATION. AS A CADET RATING HE PASSED ON TO KING ALFRED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS OF INTENSIVE TRAINING AND STUDY. MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, BY TAKING CHARGE OF OTHER CADETS UNDER TRAINING HIS "POWER OF COMMAND" WAS PERFECTED. FOLLOWING EXAMINATIONS AND THE FINAL BOARD AB BOULTON BECAME A SUB LIEUTENANT. - Cadet rating Boulton (second from left) learning the construction of a torpedo in one of the class rooms at King Alfred
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