FIRST US CITIZEN OF THE WAR TO HOLD COMMISSION IN BRITISH NAVY. 30 AUGUST 1943, ADMIRALTY. LIEUT E M FERRIS OF BOSTON, MASS IS THE FIRST US CITIZEN TO HOLD A COMMISSION IN THE BRITISH NAVY DURING THIS WAR. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE US NAVY BUT WAS NOT ACCEPTED BECAUSE OF HIS AGE. IN MAY, 1942, HE WAS ABOUT TO BE DRAFTED INTO THE US ARMY, BUT CHOSE INSTEAD TO GO OVER THE FRONTIER AT NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA AND VOLUNTEERED FOR THE BRITISH NAVY, BECOMING A LIEUTENANT, RNVR. - Lieut E M Ferris, RNVR (right), with Lieut Cdr McEachram, RNVR

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