Early Years

Charles Edward Nye

Farm Estate Manager

1895-1966

Kathleen Dorothy Mims

1898-1981

Jack Nye on Golden Point

At Ferrar House – Little Gidding, England

1934

R.A.O.C. Blacksmiths & Instructors

Jack at the anvil

Jack enrolls in the Royal Agricultural College, where he received his first formal training to be a blacksmith.

1941

Jack Nye joins the Royal Navy

Nye joins the Royal Navy and is off to war, fighting in the Pacific aboard the Battleship Queen Elizabeth as a Stoker.

1942

Jack Nye joins the Royal Navy

Nye joins the Royal Navy and is off to war, fighting in the Pacific aboard the Battleship Queen Elizabeth as a Stoker.

1942

Jack Rosalind Harradine (soon to be Jack’s wife)

Rosalind Harradine (soon to be Jack’s wife) joins the Royal Navy WRNS – Woman’s Royal Naval Service. She is stationed in Plymouth serving as a communications switchboard operator.

1942

Jack Rosalind Harradine (soon to be Jack’s wife)

Rosalind Harradine (soon to be Jack’s wife) joins the Royal Navy WRNS – Woman’s Royal Naval Service. She is stationed in Plymouth serving as a communications switchboard operator.

1942