C R 10 Identity Certificate 114300'
In actual fact that CR10 is not an Identity Cert, if you do have the actual CR10 it should show all the details of his Service as far as I am aware??
The place of issue should be there as well.
Cheers
This may assist ??
http://rmhh.co.uk/files/Merchant_Sea...l_Research.pdf
2.2 Aug 1918- Dec 1921. BT350. CR10 card index (The Special Register)
In the spring and summer of 1918 the British Government faced a manpower crisis on the Western Front. The British army had suffered 300,000 casualties, including 40,000 dead, in the German attacks of March and April.1 Conscription age limits were extended and those who were exempt from conscription like the 270,000 multinational workforce in the British Merchant Marine were subjected to closer scrutiny. This so-called special register was designed to allow the Government to check that the merchant seaman’s exemption from conscription ‘ is not abused by men taking an unduly long period ashore between voyages.’2
The CR10 cards were introduced in August 1918 together, with a new identity and service certificate (RS2 book) to be carried by the seaman. The introduction of the seaman’s passport style photograph is an important feature. It also appears that seamen who were engaged solely in home trade, and who did, therefore, not need a discharge book, were brought into the central index system for the first time. The CR1 card was phased out, but the CR2 card continued in use referenced to the new identity number (RS2 no).
CR10 cards are arranged alphabetically and provide personal, photo, and voyage details with the new id no as numerical identifier. This number is often referred to as the RS2 no. The personal details can be more detailed than found on a CR1 card as they include date of birth rather than just the year, and also next of kin details for perhaps one in eight seamen. The Discharge A number may also be noted.
If the seaman already possessed a discharge book then the Board of Trade asked that the id no (RS2 no) should be marked at the top of page 1.3
For numbering purposes seamen were placed in one of five groups
Group a ; 5001 to 100,000. Masters and navigating officers.
Group b: 100,001 to 200,000. Engineer Officers, refrigeration engineers and electricians.
Group c; 200,001 to 300,000. Surgeons, pursers, apprentices, and wireless operators.
Group d; 300,001 to 800,000. Sailors, firemen and other men and boys of the deck and engine room.
Group e; 800,001 to 999,999. Stewards, cooks and other members of the catering staff.