Fireman and Trimmer RAWLINGS, JOHN ARTHUR Died 25/09/1942 Aged 51 S.S. Empire Bell (South Shields) Merchant Navy Casualty
UK, Merchant Seamen Deaths, 1939 -1953 Name: John Arthur Rawlings Age: 51 Birth Date: abt 1891 Birth Place: Hull, England Death Date: 25 Sep 1942 Death Place: At Sea Other lost on the same ship/incident UK, Shipping and Seamen WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, 1914-1945 Name: John Arthur Rawlings Death Date: 25 Sep 1942 Death Country: United Kingdom TD
Tony I think it is although he died in the Merchant Navy are we saying in WW1 he was in the Royal Navy??: UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1848-1939 Name: John Arthur Rawlings Gender: Male Birth Date: 19 Sep 1890 Birth Place: Hull, Forks First Service Date: 11 Sep 1913 First Ship Served On: Pembroke II Last Service Date: 10 Sep 1925 Last Ship Served On: Pembroke II Service Number: K20692 Medal listing of Rawlings, John Arthur Discharge number: R21911 Date of... | The National Archives Reference: BT 395/1/80503 Description: Medal listing of Rawlings, John Arthur Discharge number: R21911 Date of Birth: 19 September 1890 Date: [1946-2002] Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Access conditions: Open on Transfer TD
Yes, it will be the same man. Left the RN in 1925 probably joined the MN around 1926/27. Regards Hugh
Tricky Not saying that they are definitely one and the same, just suggesting that there are a lot of similarities worthy of further investigation for anyone researching this man: The similarities include; Full name/Date of birth/Birthplace/Height 5’ 3 ½”/Complexion and of course he was a naval man. Discrepancies; Eyes, one says grey other blue, and his service record doesn’t mention his tattoo. There is also an entry in the 1939 Register with the same date of birth.: 38 Margaret Street, Hull (Apartment House) Rawlings, John A, dob 19 Sept 1890, single, Public works contractor’s labourer This would suggest he wasn’t serving at that time. Point of interest from his service record, HMS Yarmouth 14 Apr 1914 to 6 Apr 1918, this ship took part in the Battle of Jutland.
