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    Default Re: Merchant Navy Sailor early WWI, Cannot trace him

    Quote Originally Posted by Richard Pugh View Post
    Hi Doc Vernon,
    Thanks for your response.
    He was born at Harwich, Essex. There was no reason for him to lie about his age, he chose to join the MN as he had seen the Squaddies training and decided that was not for him.
    You say contact Southampton Archives. Why Southampton? Is that the Record Holder for MN Records? If so do you have any contact details please.
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    Just a question and guess you may have already looked , however i cannot even find his name on the 1911 Census, if the above is correct about where he was Born. Harwich, Essex ??

    That is very strange ??
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    So i guess this may be him then as Dovercourt is within 0.4 km of Harwich. ????

    First name(s)

    Kenneth

    Last name

    Johnson

    Birth year

    1911

    Birth place

    Dovercourt, Essex, England

    Parish

    Dovercourt

    Registration district

    Tendring

    County

    Essex


    Parish of Tendring is a village and civil Parish in Essex
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    Default Re: Merchant Navy Sailor early WWI, Cannot trace him

    Richard
    After reading this Entire thread over , i am a wee bit stumped by something??
    In your qpening request you state that your Man was Born 1911 , which we have established (I hope LOL) this is n problem, then you state the he joined the Merchant Navy 1939 or after, this then would have had him at some 28 Years og age> Now this is where i an a bit puzzled, as most all Lads of that Era joined up at a much earlier age , and it seems a bit late for him to have joined??

    Is it possible that he joined before that say in 1929 and not 1939 ??

    Now i just say all this as a possibility, as there is the chance that he did join at a later agae, but to me not very likely!
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    Just a wee bit more of interest on Trinity House , as said just for interest!
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