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The Royal Naval Reserve is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was
Members of the Royal Naval Reserve training at Tramore, County Waterford, c. 1905
A First World War RNR Lieutenant wearing the "wavy navy" rank insignia of reserve officers
Lieutenants of the RNR (left) and RNVR (right) during the Second World War—note the difference in insignia styles.
The crew of HMS Castle Harbour, assigned to the Royal Naval Dockyard in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda as the Examination Service vessel (that inspected merchant ships at Five Fathom Hole, under the guns of St. David's Battery - designated the Examination Battery, prior to their entering the shipping channel through Bermuda's reef). Crew members shown included a Royal Naval Reserve officer at left, a Royal Navy officer, regular and temporary ratings,
Commander James Bond is a character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. He is the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games. Fleming
Royal Naval Reserve
…Arthur Rostron, rescued Titanic survivors as Captain of RMS Carpathia, later captained troopships during the Dardanelles Campaign. James Bond served in the RNVR, reaching the rank of commander. Lawrence Jamieson (played by Michael Caine) in the film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels…
Ian Fleming's image of James Bond; commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artists.
James Bond, ornithologist; the accepted provider of Bond's name
Fleming compared Bond's appearance to Hoagy Carmichael.
1930 4.5 Litre Blower Bentley