signalman

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Jacobs was 17 when he joined the Navy in November 1944, after D-Day, and became a Navy signalman.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Her father was a railway signalman, union official and former merchant seaman who claimed that her pram was crammed full of Labour literature during the campaign that led to Labour's 1945 landslide election victory.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2023

The first lady was one of those kids; she’s the daughter of a Navy signalman.

From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023

Arthur Bispo do Rosario, a former Marine Corps signalman, boxer, tram cleaner and domestic worker in Rio de Janeiro, had no interest in defining his extensive activities as art.

From New York Times • May 5, 2023

"Permission, sir!" reported the signalman, as an answering string of colour announced that the Commander-in-Chief of the port had graciously condescended to order the Hammerer to do what had been previously ordered.

From The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)