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Would able bodied seamen
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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** | Report | 26 Jul 2009 22:19 |
need a passport when travelling to other countries? How else would they enter port? |
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was plain ann now annielaurie | Report | 26 Jul 2009 22:30 |
Don't think so. What period are you talking about? |
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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** | Report | 26 Jul 2009 22:36 |
I didn't think they would. I just thought about it now to be honest. I have several ancestors who went to see but was looking at someone in my tree who was an AB seaman in 1861. |
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Ron | Report | 26 Jul 2009 22:49 |
The first U.K. Passport was not issued until 1915 |
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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** | Report | 26 Jul 2009 22:51 |
Thanks Ron :-) |
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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** | Report | 27 Jul 2009 13:40 |
So did seamen need any identification when they landed abroad? |
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MargaretRose | Report | 27 Jul 2009 17:26 |
Hi, I've been looking for details on my grandfather who was in Merchant Navy Royal Navy and Naval Reserves. I thought, like you, he'd need a passport. Apparently not. They were issued with a travel warrant when they were going to sea. |
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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** | Report | 27 Jul 2009 18:53 |
Thanks Margaret :) |
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Staffs Col | Report | 27 Jul 2009 19:04 |
Travel warrents were not a means of identification or were issued in leiu of a passport and simply were permission to travel to or from home to their home port (usually by train) A warrant would be exchanged at the railway station for a train ticket. with the Navy picking up the bill for the ticket costs. |
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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** | Report | 27 Jul 2009 20:26 |
Thanks Colin :-) |
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mgnv | Report | 27 Jul 2009 23:15 |
Obviously not - he'ld certainly not need it if he only sailed between UK ports, e.g., Liverpool-Dublin, London-Newcastle, etc. |
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MargaretRose | Report | 28 Jul 2009 09:46 |
Hello again, just wanted to mention that I got my grandfather's joining paper for the Merchant Marine service at the national archive at Kew. They keep a lot of naval records there. It does depend on what time you are talking about but they might be worth a call. |
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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** | Report | 28 Jul 2009 22:47 |
Thanks everyone. |