Re: Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen
R816085 5th April 1965 Alan Whitrhouse
Hope this is helpful
Re: Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen
This is just s test i am doing (Doc Vernon) on Alan,s Page So no Replies
Thanks R816085
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/C8588153
| Reference: |
BT 372/2638/48 |
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| Description: |
R816085 WHITEHOUSE A E 07/02/1944 LEVEN NEAR HULL |
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| Date: |
1913 - 1972 |
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| Held by: |
The National Archives, Kew |
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| Former reference in its original department: |
R816085 |
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| Legal status: |
Public Record(s) |
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| Closure status: |
Open Document, Open Description |
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Re: Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen
My discharge book number is R905263 and was issued in April 1972 I done a couple of trips that brought me into 1973 when I had to change the discharge book for the new ones that had come they issued the first uk numbers hope that helps Ben
Re: Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen
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Originally Posted by
David Snook
I've done some research on Discharge Books and Discharge A numbers from WW2 to 1972 to try and get an idea of the turnover of British seamen over the period.
Typical numbers issued for various years are
1940 R 217400
1943 R 230000
1945 R 310000
1956 R 658000
1965 R 816000
1972 ??? Was R prefix still used at this time.
I would be grateful for feedback on whether these numbers look reasonable and also for some information on the numbers issued around 1972.
thanks
David Snook
Mine was R840574
Re: Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen
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Originally Posted by
David Snook
Thanks to everyone who's contributed so far.
Stuart Henderson's point about not seeing R 4????? numbers seems to be backed up by Colin Hawken (R 510709) and Fred Lacey(R 525985)both from 1949 which were issued 2 years after R 396040. Any R 4????? numbers out there?
Mick O'Brien's number UK 018117 from 1974 tallies with Doc Vernon's thought that the change from the R prefix to the UK prefix took place in 1972.
Is there anyone with a number issued in the 1968-72 period ?
thanks again for the help
David Snook
My discharge book number R902093 was the summer of 1971, Robert Reilly went to Gravesend Kent sea school.
