This ship was a fast civilian passenger ship from New Zealand, crossing the Tasman Sea and became a WW2 troopship. Thanks to a pointer to a BCHM...
On 23rd August 1941 M.V. Stork was sunk in the Atlantic by U201. Lloyd's war losses says 18 crew and 4 gunners, of whom 19 were lost. uboat.net...
Not something I delve into normally, so I need some help to interpret the attached UK National Archives record sheet. What do the abbreviations in...
Hello, I’m researching one of our old ferries which, it turns out did some service during WW2! I’d love to hear any stories about the Isle of...
This post appeared on the Our British Merchant Navy site, I have his permission to post it here, can anyone help, please? Roy Hi i wondering...
Hello, I am researching my grandfathers WW2 military history, Robert Park Gordon Reid 1912-1994. He served with the 1st & 2nd regiment maritime...
From A.B to Futtock-shrouds, and Gaff to Yards, you'll find an explanation here. All courtesy of "SHIPPING WONDERS OF THE WORLD" edited by...
Courtesy of "Shipping Wonders of the World" edited by Clarence Winchester circa 1937; "MEDALS FOR ACTS OF BRAVERY". Kind regards, always, Jim....
The shipowner H G Mann managed several small shipping companies during WW2
I am writing this story and would like to know more about the crew who were given medals who were mentioned in dispatches . The CWGC have given me...
Anyone can pls help with any more information regarding this Uniform. My great grandfather worked as a Merchant Seaman in Malta in the 1940s.
Gents, I'm trying to determine how many Allied Navy POW's were killed and survived when HMS Cornwall sank raider Pinguin on the 8th May 1941...
This post is dedicated to all those 19 men who served with the UK, Dutch, Greek and Norwegian Merchant Navies, during the course of WW2, and who...
Frank Geoffrey Laskier (1912-1949) survived the sinking of the S.S. Eurylochus, he appeared on J.B. Priestley's B.B.C. Postscript programme on 5th...
I've been trying to identify DEMS gunner casualties with Allied merchant ship losses. I know in the absence of most war dairies it's a thankless...
I've found this headstone at Bootle Cemetery for William Frederick Rothwell (MN) who died on 9 March 1942, age 25. I assume that "MN" refers to...
I am currently researching the various merchant ships my grandfather sailed on during WW2 as a merchant seaman. I have obtained the Coastal Trade...
I’m looking for help researching William Alfred Stevens. According to his wife’s (Rebecca Eva Smyth) probate record, he was a ship purser/ chief...
These are abstracts of press articles written by 'Special Correspondents with the Merchant Navy' during the Normandy Landings. (as far as I know...
Roy Martin submitted a new resource: Press reports from Merchant Ships involved in the D-Day Landings - D-Day press reports These are abstracts...
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