Monday 1st March 1937

It will be very difficult to maintain contact with RNVR when I am at Southend. I am therefore making an effort – rather daringly – to join the RNVSR, the Supplementary Reserve for Officers. No drills or training is carried out until the outbreak of war, when these reservists are called up as Prob. Sub. Lieuts.

I wrote to the RNVSR on Saturday and received a phone call at the office today. Am to be interviewed by the Officer Instructor on board “President”, next Thursday. I saw him tonight, whilst doing morse lamp exercise on the drill deck. Ironical!