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Merchant Navy - need help

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Helen in Berkshire

Helen in Berkshire Report 16 Dec 2004 15:25

nudge for Nicole

sandra rogers

sandra rogers Report 15 Dec 2004 23:14

hiya nicole my dad was in mn in ww2 and nationel archives have what you call mn pouches i have now got a photo of my dad which i never had before x

Helen in Berkshire

Helen in Berkshire Report 15 Dec 2004 22:19

Hi Nicole Do you mean you have tried only Free BMD for the death certificate or have you seen the GRO indexes? Free BMD will only give incomplete info. from 1837 - 1910 at the moment. Sorry if I've misread what you've put. Good luck Helen

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 15 Dec 2004 20:33

Hi Nicole, I recently wrote to Southampton Archives Services Southampton City Council Civic Centre Soton SO14 7LY They will for a £5 search fee, search all of their records of Merchant seaman, I sent them my Uncles name and place of birth, four days later they sent me copies of his CR1 and CR2 cards, names of ships he had served on I was delighted. telephone number is 023 8083 2251 Good luck, Kathleen

Len

Len Report 15 Dec 2004 20:00

Nicole, Have a look at this site, there's a message board you can ask if anyone can help. http(:)//www(.)red-duster(.)co(.)uk Its a merchant navy site havent explored it completely yet but it may help. Good hunting Len in Gosport PS REMOVE()

Nicole

Nicole Report 15 Dec 2004 16:04

My grandfather was, so I'm told, in the Merchant Navy. He apparently died from TB when my father was 6 months old (1947). However I can't find a death certificate for him on Free BMD. I have tried 1946-1983 and no result. I don't think he died in the Merchant Navy as there's no record of him on CWCG. So I was wondering if a list existed on the web somewhere of every person who had served in the MN so I could find out more info on him, in an ideal world a DoB. Does anyone have any ideas? It's frustrating not to be able to get past this fairly close relative. Thanks Nicole