The Fourth Service: Cataloguing merchant seamen in the Second World War.
A lovely ending to a story reported on BBC Radio Humberside today about a sailor who went missing when the FV Bromelia was lost at sea on 22nd...
I was thinking again today about the skin rash that my Dad had in his naval service during the war. Could it have been due to vitamin deficiency?...
Hello, I’m currently trying to find out where I can find any details about Merchant Ship voyages as I’m researching my Great Grandfathers WW2...
I cannot find a previous post on this subject: Mr Thomson, formerly of the Calumet joined the Wallsend. This ship was torpedoed and the crew...
Hi there - I've joined this site in the hope that someone may be able to help me out: I recently found the records of my grandfather Terence Cook...
hi Could you help me please, how would i go about getting information on My G/ Uncle’s merchant Naval record , Thomas Marshall AB born 1894 of...
The Police have been posting since Nov 1st a series of short stories based on the previous occupants of the streets they currently patrol. All the...
Hi I am trying to find out some information on my great uncle, Thomas J Mattey. I have been told he served in the Merchant Navy, and died at Sea...
[ATTACH] Aberdeen Weekly Journal 21st May 1942 Casualty Svenør (Norwegian Motor tanker) - Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII - uboat.net
Hi Everyone, I am trying to get a Merchant Seaman onto the CWGC database, but have to prove that he was abroad to pick up an illness, Malaria, and...
Can anyone help transcribe the attached page from my dad's uncles service record. There's 31 pages of info arrived today from the MOD (like a kid...
Hi all, I have been researching my grandfather Joseph who was a Fireman & Trimmer aboard the Harrison Line's SS Logician. I know he died at...
A list of Tags relating to MN threads & content: merchant navy | WW2Talk merchant navy - albert medal | WW2Talk merchant navy - british empire...
Originally a memorial to commemorate those who fell during Boer War, names of the Fallen from WW1 and WW2 have been added at the base: [IMG]...
My mum messaged me last night to say that her brother was going to pass on a medal grouping to me that once belonged to their uncle. I’m guessing...
Having been instantly successful with my request yesterday, here are my other casualties who are buried/commemorated in and around that there...
Do any of our members live in London, moreso over towards Mile End, Bow, Limehouse or Bromley by Bow? I have a name photo I require from the City...
The picture below is one George William Barrett from Middlesbrough born December 23rd 1897, photo taken from his ID Card in 1920 when he joined...
My grandad was in the Merchant Navy and his tug pulled over some of the Mulberry at Arromanche. I was at TNA today and found a photo album of...
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