From London Gazette 7th September 1906 "Clerk Basil Ashmore Stinton has been promoted to the rank of Assistant Paymaster in His Majesty's Fleet. Dated 10th August, 1906" From 1908 Navy List "Cumberland (Training ship for cadets), 9800 tons, H.P. 22,000 Assist Paym Basil A. Stinton" From Royal Navy (MOD) website "The 14th Cumberland was a 14 gun, twin screw cruiser, launched at Govan, Glasgow in 1902. She displaced 9800 tonnes, produced 22000 horsepower and had a top speed of 23 knots. In January 1913, while commanded by Captain Aubrey C H Smith, Cumberland deployed to the West Indies, where amongst the cadets onboard was HRH Prince Albert, the second son of His Majesty King George the fifth. In 1914, the Ship was involved in operations in the Cameroons and the surrender of Duala. The Ship was paid off and sold in Queenstown in 1921"