Produced for the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich this book draws on previously unpublished materials from the Museum's collections, this is an authoritative and vivid account of lives lived in quite extraordinary circumstances.

In 1914 Great Britain's navy was the largest and most powerful the world had ever seen - but what was the everyday experience of those who served in it? This fully illustrated book looks at the British sailor's life during the First World War, from the Falkland Islands to the East African coast and the North Sea.