discharge books

[Robert George Young]

Is it possible for me to get a discharge book?

Empty..

thank you

[j.sabourn]

20 years ago I saw seismic crew non British sporting discharge books which I refused to sign ,whether they were genuine or not I don’t know. As at one time you could get imitations of anything in the likes of Taiwan and Hong Kong. I don’t even know if they still use dis. Books today They used to be useful as had your NHI number in and your Tax Code and various other info. Someone should be able to answer your query. JS

[Robert George Young]

thank you

Dads are seriously falling apart..

Love to transfer all info onto new books...

These voyage record cards are great...

Just a reminder about pre MN life of dad

https://www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/...side-his-soul/

https://www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/...g-world-war-2/

Sad we didn't have better relationship...
I understand things a little clearer now I'm an old bugger

Bob

[j.sabourn]

That last photograph in the back garden of the council house could of been the only house I ever knew as home before leaving at 16 , it is the spitting image , you didn’t live in Hill Heads , Monkseaton, Whitley Bay did you ? JS

[Ivan Cloherty]

thank you

Dads are seriously falling apart..

Love to transfer all info onto new books...


Bob

Bob, provenence, originality is everything, to transfer it all to fresh faced books would be to demean your father's service. Where will you get the ships stamps, Master's stamps, Shipping Master's stamps, having them made and using them would be a criminal offence. A lot of people do not realise that if not a person of that service, even wearing a Merchant Navy uniform was a criminal offence on par with wearing a military or police uniform'

Have another think about it, the wear and tear was part of his life.

[Louis the fly]

In a drawer I have five discharge books. One of my father's, one of my brother's and three of mine. Although a couple are battered and worn they are family history and better left that way.

[Robert George Young]

Ivan, thank you
I will treasure these books
Would rather give up my wife

Just wanted to transfer names etc so I can study them more etc
Very grateful for your sincere comments
Bob

[Ivan Cloherty]

Ivan, thank you
I will treasure these books Would rather give up my wife

Bob

Books can't keep you warm at night

[Robert George Young]

True

I’ll keep her a bit longer
Voyage record cards are great
Great I learned yesterday Manxman was part of BAOR
Hook of Holland to Harwich troop ship
In his discharge book 1947/48

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Langley Middleton Manchester
1956

[j.sabourn]

Robert Ive been reading some of your personal history about your relationship with your father. And it certainly follows on the lines of other seafarers lives in or outside of war times. When I got married my wife and myself agreed I would not bring any trouble home and I abided by those conditions apart from bringing the odd waif and stray home as a port of refuge. She suffered such foibles, I think our marriage kept to the tracks because of this and it was rare for me to get one too many. Your father was the same as a lot of seamen of that generation. Drink can be blamed on a lot of things but at the end of the day it is the drinkers choice, one makes their own choices. Your father had a hard life so did thousands of others. Your father and mother made their own choices and they would not have involved you. You by my reckoning are 70 years of age, are you looking for answers or just trying to honour your Father ? by delving into the past you might just come up with things that are not all desirable to know. Reading your post you have put up , your father took his own life, I have seen this happen but nothing one can do about it. Honour your father and your mother by keeping relics of the past , but you cant change the past, and you cant live your fathers life for him. Easy for me to say no doubt but most of us had have to bear or at least know of similar situations. Most of us know what a seamans life consisted of 60 and 70 years ago , we kid ourselves sometimes it was great and at others tell the truth.
If it does give you a sense of relieve by doing what you are attempting then carry on , but remember all seamen werent angels and were just as human as everyone else. Cheers JS