Discharge Book numbering from WW 2 to 1972 for British seamen

[fraser bell]

My discharge book number is R 698189. I'm an old Vindi boy from 1958. Fraser Bell, Argyll

[Doc Vernon]

My discharge book number is R 698189. I'm an old Vindi boy from 1958. Fraser Bell, Argyll

About my time Fraser! 1958 as well R69753 Cheers

[David Millett]

My Discharge Book Number is : R794765 issued at Cardiff December 1964

Dave

[David John Busveids]

I went to sea in 68 with a R867205 number.

[leonard fahy]

my discharge book number is 634633 and was issued in 1955

[David John Busveids]

Hi, in 1968 I got the number R867205.

David

[Ken Atkinson]

All too recent
Robert Richard Atkinson born 18th October 1914 Govan, Glasgow.
Discharge book R149580 issued 4th June 1937 West Hartlepool.

[Ivan Cloherty]

All too recent
Robert Richard Atkinson born 18th October 1914 Govan, Glasgow.
Discharge book R149580 issued 4th June 1937 West Hartlepool.

I think you will find the title of the forum is Dis A numbering from WW2 to 1972 and is intended to reflect on living seamen and identifying themselves with their number.

I doubt that the number quoted belong to the poster in any event, but as always I stand to be corrected

[Hugh]

I think you will find the title of the forum is Dis A numbering from WW2 to 1972 and is intended to reflect on living seamen and identifying themselves with their number.
I doubt that the number quoted belong to the poster in any event, but as always I stand to be corrected

Hi Ivan,
I don't think that the intention of the thread was ever to identify living seamen. It was originally started by David Snook who was doing 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 by asking for various Dis.A numbers allocated to seamen through the decades. He could then get an idea of the numbers of books issued to seamen.

The number quoted by Ken Atkinson for Robert Richard Atkinson is correct for R.R. Atkinson b.1914 with a Dis.A issued in 1937.

Regards
Hugh

[Ivan Cloherty]

Yes Hugh I understand and you know that I have great and enduring respect for your expertise, but I do think that 1914 is outside the scope of WW2 and post WW2, so would not help the statistics in any way, just an observation.