Arthur Wait (front row, bottom right) and his class/fellow recruits at HMS Raleigh. The photo was taken during Royal Navy training.

Arthur Wait in his navy uniform, by his bunk bed in his quarters at HMS Raleigh. The photo was taken during Arthur Wait's naval training.

Vincent Caruana was conscripted into the Royal Malta Artillery (R.M.A.) in August 1941. In his second interview, he discussed how and where he had to report, his training and, among other things, the soldiers' and gunners' rations. He finished by talking about the Pedestal convoy and the surrender of Italy.

Arthur Wait by some bunk beds; Arthur on board a ship; a group photograph of Arthur with fellow seamen-in-training. The photos were taken during Royal Naval training.

Arthur Wait (seated, bottom right hand side), his twelve fellow recruits and their commanding officer at HMS Raleigh during Arthur's Royal Navy training. HMS Raleigh is the basic training facility of the Royal Navy at Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom.