Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
18th December 2023, 16:18
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Replies: 5
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Welcome John,
If you get no joy then try...
Welcome John,
If you get no joy then try a post on WW2Talk - http://ww2talk.com/index.php
The following ships known to have been in Boulogne during the time period of your interest.
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Forum: Wartime Memories
6th November 2022, 15:49
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Forum: Say Hello
19th June 2022, 22:00
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Forum: Mess Deck
9th February 2022, 11:51
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Forum: The Pig & Whistle
11th December 2021, 19:02
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Forum: Fishing Vessels
5th November 2021, 09:18
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Replies: 2
Views: 10,521
Hi Alick,
Have a look here:...
Hi Alick,
Have a look here: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?176794
All hands - naval reserves were lost.
Regards
Hugh
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Forum: Blue Funnel Line
4th February 2021, 11:51
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Blue Funnel Line
26th January 2021, 14:11
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Replies: 13
Views: 9,499
Hi Tom,
The two best generic sources...
Hi Tom,
The two best generic sources online [for me] for searching convoys are definitely the Convoyweb site and the Warsailors site:
http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/ [they also have a tab for...
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Forum: Blue Funnel Line
26th January 2021, 13:25
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Replies: 13
Views: 9,499
Hi Tom,
The stamp has nothing to do with...
Hi Tom,
The stamp has nothing to do with ability. It belongs to the MMO superintendent in front of whom your uncle was signed on/off - so basically his stamp.
Regards
Hugh
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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye
21st September 2020, 10:42
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Replies: 12
Views: 18,711
Hi Casso,
Trawlers would be perfecty feasable...
Hi Casso,
Trawlers would be perfecty feasable in the early years.
Unfortunately there is no easy way to trace him backwards from 1914 other than through Crew Agreements.
Don't worry about that...
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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye
20th September 2020, 12:28
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Replies: 12
Views: 18,711
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Forum: Say Hello
25th May 2020, 18:17
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Forum: Say Hello
20th January 2020, 00:13
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Replies: 1
Views: 6,249
Hello and welcome Debs,
The ship's name...
Hello and welcome Debs,
The ship's name is NEVASA - photo here: http://3kbo302xo3lg2i1rj8450xje-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/image156.png
and site here:...
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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
20th October 2019, 11:00
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,530
Hi Gordon,
Clearly no CR2 card held in the...
Hi Gordon,
Clearly no CR2 card held in the pouch then. Those other documents do not aid your search I am afraid.
You ask: "If non-MN staff were required on land-based jobs, where would record of...
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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
19th October 2019, 14:59
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,530
Hi Gordon,
You state: "I've posted five of...
Hi Gordon,
You state: "I've posted five of the seven documents I was sent from his Seaman's Pouch the list of ships served on was frustratingly left blank." The only list of ships that would be...
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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
18th October 2019, 10:45
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Replies: 7
Views: 9,530
Hello and welcome,
MN records are usually...
Hello and welcome,
MN records are usually quite well documented but they are not all available online. I see you have his Seaman's Pouch which is easy to get hold of but I am afraid the information...
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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
10th October 2019, 13:52
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,666
Hello Tom,
See the attached it is only part of...
Hello Tom,
See the attached it is only part of one record at the moment but I think it is him. My knowledge area is mainly the MN of the World Wars and in between and not so much 19th century. Those...
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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
10th October 2019, 10:53
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Replies: 8
Views: 10,666
Hi Tom,
I have a William Vart with three...
Hi Tom,
I have a William Vart with three different ages around that time born in Sleight in1817 - do you perhaps have the exact date at all? Reasonably sure the records all relate to the same man. I...
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Forum: Looking for Information on Shipmates, Ships, Family or Friends?
4th November 2018, 15:40
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Replies: 7
Views: 11,742
Hello Brian,
I can confirm it is ss...
Hello Brian,
I can confirm it is ss LAURENTIC.
Frederick Charles Hey b. Halifax 2.6.1874. Dis.A Number 873388.
There is s WW1 medal file for him stating dob 1894 but it is the same man....
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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye
24th October 2018, 20:21
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Replies: 12
Views: 18,711
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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye
18th October 2018, 18:38
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Replies: 12
Views: 18,711
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Forum: Nostalgia - Days Gone Bye
16th October 2018, 14:23
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Replies: 12
Views: 18,711
Discharge Book Numbers
As there are a few threads about Merchant Navy Discharge A. book numbers or more formally the ‘Continuous Certificate of Discharge’, I thought you may be interested to know who were given the first...
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Forum: Say Hello
17th September 2018, 20:30
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Replies: 4
Views: 5,212
Hi Robert and welcome,
Can you give his full...
Hi Robert and welcome,
Can you give his full name, date and place of birth please? If he died in service then he should be commemorated by the CWGC. I note for WW2 there are only 5 Bedfords named...
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