Object category. The contents of the records vary, but they usually include name, age, place of birth, register ticket, ship names, and dates of voyages. The 1939-1945 Star was also awarded to recipients of a gallantry medal, with no minimum qualifying period. There were still some men on the after deck, but could not see if they had jumped clear before the ship sank. He was torpedoed and sunk twice but fortunately rescued on both occasions. They also record the location (by latitude and longitude) and date a ship was sunk. SS Otranto, Capt. While the crew were preparing and lowering the lifeboats which were filled with personnel as they calmly filed up from the troop decks, HMS Challenger approached and skilfully placed her bow under the port quarter of Anselm, Many men jumped on board before the two ships became separated. By 05.47 all remaining boats were being rapidly filled by the use of side ladders and side decks while the remaining personnel jumped into the sea to grasp the lifelines of boats and rafts. Records of Merchant Navy from other sources. His brother Francis David Short was in the First War but I have no details on his service. "Service in the Merchant Marine was considered civilian service under several different civilian personnel agencies. From 1835, details of seafarers were recorded in registers by the Register Office for Merchant Seamen, later the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, using information from the crew lists. Particular emphasis was put on implementing the convoy system, by which warships would customarily escort groups of merchant ships to deter attacks from German U-boats. (d.13th October 1945), Capt. You may be searching for a vesselfor which these cards were never used. We can either copy our records onto paper or deliver them to you digitally, Visit us in Kew to see original documents or view online records for free, Consider paying for Before 1747 no formal record keeping of crews on merchant ships existed. Merchant mariners or merchant seamen are assigned to vessels that primarily transport cargo and passengers during peacetime. The first chapter of this books presents the three waves operations of social, political, economic, technological, military and educational aspect of world affairs under the following subjects. For example, MacDonald will not appear under the letter M but under D. The details are in an appendix entitled An Alphabetical List of all the Masters and Mates in the Merchant Service. Monarch of Bermuda left Durban on 24th March and returned to Liverpool via Cape Town and Freetown arriving back on 23rd April. The ship turned out to be a disguised German raider. For each officer registers provide: Look for a certificate entry in theregisters of certificates (they are arranged by certificate number) listed below. Maurice "Ginger" Archer SS Wendover. Search and download () records of World War Two Medals issued to Merchant Seamen (BT 395). The database includes every British registered ship from 1855 to the early 1950s with official numbers 1 to 200000. Registration of cooks in the Merchant Navy began on 30 June 1908. The pouches are arranged in three sequences: Each sequence is in alphabetical order by the seaman's last name. If you don't have an account please register. On the Samaria crew list and report of character, James Wafer and Matty Towers are consecutive number 59 & 60. You can search ()the records in Discovery, our catalogue, by filling in the form below. Despite sharing the word Navy in their titles, the difference between the Royal and Merchant Navies was that sailors in the latter were classed as civilians. This information will help us make improvements to the website. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Help us improve catalogue descriptions by adding tags. The records are held in alphabetical order by seaman's name . Edit Search New Search. It lists nearly 24,000 Welsh merchant masters, mates and engineers who were active between 1800 and 1945. You may be searching for a ship on dates before or after movement cards were in use on that vessel. E. A. Huntbatch SS Orama (d.15th July 1941), Fireman James Gilbert Goodwin S.S. San Casto (London). Visit The National Archives bookshop for a range of publications on the Merchant Navy. If a ship had a former name this would be written in brackets. Generally the qualifying service period for the Italy Star could only begin after the 1939-1945 Star had been earned by six months service. At 8 am on December 7, the Japanese submarine I-26 torpedoed SS Cynthia Olson, manned by mariners and transporting lumber for the Army from Tacoma, Washington to Honolulu.All aboard perished, making these merchant mariners among the earliest American casualties of the war. (BSLOC_2013_11_114) Everett Collection Mary Evans. Matthew Towers was 48 years old when he lost his life. Search All Records ; . This information will help us make improvements to the website. We are now on Facebook. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. There was no minimum time qualification for a Merchant Seaman. The image you order will usually come with a number of medal records for other seamen. This was simply a record of the. George James William "Dick" Durling BEM. She left Aden on 21st August and arrived at Suez on 25th August. Enter the tag you would like to associate with this record and click 'Add tag'. Here's some details: Full Name: Harold Dowle Born: 7th June 1911 I have a card with a discharge A number in the name of H Dowle of 714335 for 12/7/1938 on a ship called Lornaston (148881) from Liverpool. Suffice it to say the remainder of the convoy including Monarch of Bermuda made the passage safely arriving in Freetown on 13th July to fuel and take on water and sailing on 17th July for Durban. ","spans":[]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicArticlePage1939BodySliceText","type":"slice-text","primary":{"__typename":"PrismicArticlePage1939BodySliceTextPrimary","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"After the declaration of war in September 1939, the Ministry of Shipping then under the control of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Gilmour took control of the merchant fleet. Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck Evan McGilvray 2020-09-30 This military biography explores There have been times when I've thought about the few months of kindness and friendliness shown by Frau Wilmbrock and her family in the village of Kirch, where I and fellow Stalag X-B prisoner Jock Reid worked their farm. Find out dates of departure and arrival by consulting: Search the alphabetical register (BT 115) on Findmypast () which was compiled from crew lists. *Estimated delivery dates - opens in a new window or tab include seller's handling time, origin ZIP Code, destination ZIP Code and time of acceptance and will depend on shipping service selected and receipt of cleared payment. Monarch of Bermuda embarked 2,287 troops and was one of ten liners in this convoy which eventually sailed on 12th November. These entries record a single voyage during which the seaman was engaged on a particular ship. Also awarded, with no minimum service requirement, if service was terminated by death, disability due to service or capture as a prisoner-of-war. You can also search: the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence Records 1939 - 1946. She was ordered into the Clyde and the 990 RAF and 419 troops on board were going to disembark. Few if any of the troops had ever crossed the English Channel let alone been exposed to the rigours of the North Atlantic. The funeral for 46 year old Jim Wafer was held on Tuesday 1st of June 1943 at St Dominic's Roman Catholic Church then burial at Ford Cemetery. Monday, July 16, 1945 o First atomic bomb exploded Heat generated by the blast was 4 times the temperature at the center of the sun Blew out windows in houses more than 200 miles away Killed every living creature within a mile o Ruby Wilkening joined several other women waiting for the blast Worried about her husband who was already at the test site No one knew what to expect o . World War Two 1939-1945 - Archives New Zealand Skip to main content Our reading rooms are open. This collection records the movements of ships ordinarily engaged in foreign going trade. privacy policy, Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945; Merchant Shipping Movement Cards, Available in digital format unless otherwise stated. On the 18th the weather worsened to force 6 with a rough sea and short, heavy swell with poor visibility. A man was washed overboard from one of the escorting destroyers but was not recovered. 1939 194 Yeah, reviewing a book Embleme Wappen Malings Deutscher U Boote 1939 194 could . Awarded for service in the Burma Campaign between 11 December 1941 and 2 September 1945. Search indexes to crew lists from 1861 to 1913 by name on findmypast (). When he talked to my Grandad he was told that he had a bad headache. List view Image view. (These were originally described as 'Asian seamen' but that is misleading. research. Conditions on the raider were passable, but the prison ship was deplorable. In general Second World War Royal Naval Reserve officers' records and post 1950 records are held by CN Pers (Commodore Naval Personnel). After a change of orders she eventually left the Clyde with escorts on 30th June. v3.0, the day by day movements of the ship (in Athenias case the final entry records her sinking), anticipated movements, i.e. This meant that Monarch of Bermuda with eight other liners and the cruiser HMS Royal Sovereign increased speed from 13 knots to 16 knots. All were willing and did their best to help abandon ship quickly in the short time available. To have have kept all the cards together would have rendered them out of alphabetical order (in contravention of the specification) with possible adverse consequences for the list. Samaria sailed from Clyde 19th of May to Algiers and arrived 27th of May 1943. Consult copies of the Mercantile Navy List for 1860 to 1864 in The National Archives reading rooms for alphabetical lists of masters and mates (with certificate numbers) as well as one-line obituaries for deceased seamen. Inicio; FAQ's; Biblioteca; Ayuda; Bsqueda avanzada; Comentarios/sugerencias . Second World War (1939-1945) Archival records and resources from the Second World War Archival resources from Canada's participation in the Second World War. Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by The third statement, quite surprising, from W. Orr, is missing from the official records although he is listed as giving evidence to the inquiry into Matty Towers death. Operational and non-operational service may be counted, providing that it was of 28 days or more duration. card and his grey suit jacket. Records include photos, honours, service files and death records. In 1939 the Admiralty instructed the Board of Trade, for reasons of. Services and information Second World War death records Search the war dead service files from the Second World War. We also found evidence after 1943 of his return to the Army, promotion to Captain and his service in India, near Karachi. The British Merchant Navy fleet was the largest in the world in 1939 and around 185,000 men served in it during the war. When the war began, Canada had 38 ocean-going merchant vessels. In the eleven months on the ship Dad had spent three months in Liverpool. I remember him telling me that he was actually on his first day of a period of survivors leave when D Day commenced.