Naval Service 
FOI Cell 
Navy Command Headquarters 
 Navy Command 
MP 1-4 
   
Leach Building 
 
Whale Island 
 
PORTSMOUTH PO2 8BY 
 
 
 
Telephone:  02392 625081 
 
Military:  93832 5081 
 
DII:  FLEET-DCS-INFO-FOI1 
Our Ref: 31-07-2008-150140-007 
E-mail: [email address] 
 
 
05 August 2008  
 
Mr A Gibbons 
 
[email address]  
 
 
 
Dear Mr Gibbons 
 
Request for Information – Acknowledgement 
 
Thank you for your request for information received 31 July 2008.  Your enquiry has been 
considered to be a request for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information 
Act 2000. 
 
This letter is to acknowledge receipt of your request and to inform you that generally, in 
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 a response is to be given within 20 
working days of your application i.e. 01 September 2008 .  However, if your request is 
voluminous or complex it may take some time to process in which case we will advise you 
further. 
 
A copy of your question as received by this office is attached.   
 
Yours Sincerely 
 
Amanda Brown 
 
 
 
 
 

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Request For Information 
 
I would like some information regarding a serial number found on the back of a watch I 
own.  Where was the number issued? What was the rank or regiment of the sailor? What 
is the Navy policy on sailors personal items that are worn on duty? This is the name and 
serial number engraved on the back of the watch;  R. G. Holloway P/064195 
 

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