Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen

[Bob McGahey]

Mine is R 419585 issued jan 13th. 1949 .at Leith.

[j.sabourn]

#305 I was in that shipping office once I think Bob as was on a ship being sold to Cories of Cardiff which had an indian crew and as third mate had to take them up to the shipping office to get their injections .As a young man I felt very embarrassed as like all indian or lascar crews they lined up in single file and with the Serang behind me formed a long snake behind me according to rank and stepping off in the knee high walk they had we started off .There were the usual catcalls from the locals but we persevered and got there and back , the only incident being the cat calls from the dead heads . That was about 1958. CheersJS

[John Aikenhead]

If of any help mine was; R868587 Issued Jan 27 1969 at South Shields (Tyne & Wear Ports)

[j.sabourn]

#307. That was the day I celebrated my 7th wedding anniversary , think I was in Montreal though so had to celebrate by myself as usual. Maybe had the 7 year itch ? Cheers jS
John in Oz is now going to bring Marilyn Monroe into the equation as believe she was the star in the film. No John I couldn’t find her . Anyhow she had her own problems with the Kennedy family. Cheers JS

[happy daze john in oz]

Marilyn was not the problem it was the sort of people she mixed with.
Should have stayed with that baseball man, but in the end picked the wrong base and was hit for a home run.

[Malcolm Bennington]

Mine was R 760284 Issued in Hull Nov. 6th 1961.

I sailed with a a 3rd Eng (I think) named Snook in the 70,s he had his wife with him, any relation?

best wishes Malcolm (Bennington)

[Ravenglass]

Again if it is any help my DB number was R859434. First ship I joined as Junior Lecky was Ottawa at Hebburn in July 1968.

[Roger5261]

Hi David mine is R711908 issued 4 September 1959 Mike Alexander

My Discharge book issued April 1972 is numbered R908118. 'R' numbers continued up December 1972. January 1973 they became 'UK' numbers up until 1995 when they became 'DB' numbers.

[Jim R Christie]

My Discharge book issued April 1972 is numbered R908118. 'R' numbers continued up December 1972. January 1973 they became 'UK' numbers up until 1995 when they became 'DB' numbers.

UK numbers lasted until about 1999 as I recall.

[Michael Jefferson]

I was issued Dis A book in 1965, my number was R817026, name Michael Jefferson, from Eng Cadet with BP Tankers to C/E.