James Kenyon, 17, a former pupil at St Joseph’s School, joined the navy in February and has just completed training at HMS Collingwood in Hampshire.
As a warfare specialist on board a ship, James will be part of a team detecting threats, identifying targets and making tactical decisions. He said he was looking forward to joining his first ship.
James follows in the footsteps of his great-grandfather, who was a submariner in World War Two.
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