1. Telegraphist Air - aka Flying 'Tels and TAG's (telegraphist air gunners). 2. Telegraphists SWS - Shore Wireless Service - non seagoing personnel. 3. Telegrahists GS - General Service where wireless telegraphy was their one and only prime duty. 4. Telegraphist S/M - Submarine Service where submarine duties were preeminent, with telegraphy as their subsequent duty as and when required. Signalmen also served in the submarine service from the earliest of times until 1964 when telegraphists took over the signalman's duties. However, the signalman was 90% a submariner and only 10% a signalman and obviously the boat was on the surface at these times. As such, the new responsibility for telegraphists was not onerous! 5. Telegraphist 'S' - 'S' signifying "Special". They were cold war specialists concentrating on processing foreign and enemy Morse code alphabets, and being able to interpret their transpositions. They were trained linguists/interpreters in WARSAW PACT languages, chiefly Russian. 6. Telegraphist - Commando Communicator - A small group of RN telegraphists were selected to be trained as commando's and paratroopers on Naval Gunfire Support (NGS)/forward observer duties attached to the Royal Artillery. |