Request for help - Richard Eric Thorn

[Marian Gray]

Hello Helen can only find one ship from Ancestry, same ship on Find My past.

Name: Richard Eric Thorn
Arrival Date: 18 May 1944
Birth Date: abt 1924
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Gloucester
Rank: Deck Hand, Length of Service: 2yrs
Height:5'9'' Weight: 182lbs

MV Gloucester:
MV Gloucester (1941) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Gloucester_(1941)

[Helen Andrews]

[QUOTE=Marian Gray;283392]Hello Helen one of your grandfather's ship from Ancestry:

Name: Richard Eric Thorn
Arrival Date: 18 May 1944
Birth Date: abt 1924
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Ethnicity/ Nationality: English
Port of Departure: New Plymouth, New Zealand
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Gloucester
Rank: Deck Hand, Length of Service: 2yrs
Height:5'9'' Weight: 182lbs
Ship:Gloucester Castle, Shipping Line; Union

Thank you so much .......so excited to share this with my mum

[Marian Gray]

Helen different ship MV Gloucester (1941) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Gloucester_(1941)

There are four family trees on Ancestry with your grandfather's details, unfortunately none offering any further information than you have been given already by Brian, Keith or myself. Sorry.

[Captain Kong]

Hi Helen
here is a #1` Photo of the GLOUCESTER of 1941. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO. OR FEDERAL LINE.; same company.

also a #2 photo of the GLOUCESTER CASTLE, UNION CASTLE LINE, SHE WAS SUNK ON JULY 14 1942, my friend Joe went down on it, and our Lou, a late member, was picked up and taken to Singapore and interned by the Japanese.
hope these are OK
Cheers
Brian

[Keith at Tregenna]

Helen different ship MV MV Gloucester (1941) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Gloucester_(1941)

There are four family trees on Ancestry with your grandfather's details, unfortunately none offering any further information than you have been given already by Brian, Keith or myself. Sorry.

No worries Helen, there are a few on site that have access to differing areas and hopefully, between us we can assist further. Marian has assisted you so far and I am certain Doc will look in.

I hope to take a further look this evening.

Please keep looking in and updating.

As you are aware, often the smallest piece of information helps.

Regards Keith.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Spent a bit of time looking at the archives, not my forte, drew a blank.

With the updated year of date, guess his service began after 1941.

Have been looking at: United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941 ...

Hopefully, Doc will look in and help.

There must be medal entitlement etc.

Taking the year of birth as 1926, looking at age 16 minimum, gather his service would have been mid to the end of WW2 ?

Keith.

[Keith at Tregenna]

Will look further in the morning.

K.

[Doc Vernon]

Have been through my normal Channels on this Person ,however except for what has already been posted there seems to be no record of his Service as such like a CRS10 CRS2 etc ???
Another one that is stumping most!
Will however keep looking one never knows!
Good Luck
Cheers

[Doc Vernon]

I am a wee bit lost but is this the same person at all !?

First name(s)	RICHARD E
Last name	THORN
Marriage quarter	4
Marriage year	1953
Registration month	-
MarriageFinder™	RICHARD E THORN married Brenda P Glenister
Spouse's last name	Glenister
District	Surrey Northern
District number	-
County	Surrey
Country	England
Volume	5G
Page	468
Record set	England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005
Category	Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory	Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from	Great Britain, England

[Doc Vernon]

GLOUCESTER

168192

London, 1941, Motor

The official Number of the Ship so this Link below should lead you the Crew List of the Gloucester
168175; 168176; 168182; 168183; 168186; 168188; 168192; 168196; 168204; 168207; 168211;... | The National Archives

168192; 168195; 168196; 168201; 168204; 168207; 168211; 168212; 168214; 168216; 168217;... | The National Archives