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31st March 2023, 02:41 PM
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Request for help re. ratings
I have recently acquired a copy of the CR1 card for a relative I have been researching who joined the Merchant Navy in 1927. In the rating section it states O.S. & W.W. - Can anyone throw any light on the meaning of W.W. ?
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31st March 2023, 03:38 PM
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Re: Request for help re. ratings
Hi Roy and welcome,
Could you post it please for context?
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31st March 2023, 04:22 PM
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Re: Request for help re. ratings
Hi Hugh
I have attached a copy of the front of the CR1.
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Last edited by Doc Vernon; 31st March 2023 at 09:30 PM.
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31st March 2023, 05:55 PM
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Re: Request for help re. ratings
Hi Roy,
First time I have every seen that on a CR1 and I have seen a lot.
Same thing on his CR2 in case you don't have it. I will see if I can dig out any further on it.
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Hugh
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31st March 2023, 09:33 PM
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Re: Request for help re. ratings
Ordinary Seaman ???
Ratings in the Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia
Could the other be something Wiper ??
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31st March 2023, 09:49 PM
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Re: Request for help re. ratings
Yes the O.S. is obvious but the other is not.
I don't think any of those fit Vernon - you have to think of the era that he was serving - 1920's. He was an ordinary seaman so whatever it is, is associated with seamanship rather than engine-room, oil and water and all that.
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31st March 2023, 11:37 PM
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Re: Request for help re. ratings
Assume it is WW which is hard to fathom ?could it be wireless something or something. wireless ? In the 1920s would think it was still called under those terms. ? JS
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1st April 2023, 12:23 AM
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Re: Request for help re. ratings
Silly as it seems could it have been Water waiter?
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1st April 2023, 12:26 AM
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Re: Request for help re. ratings
If had been Rinty Monaghan in his early career maybe welter weight ? sailed with his brother. JS PS my 21 st birthday as well JS .
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1st April 2023, 02:30 AM
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Wood Winch operator?
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