Trying to trace my father in laws, service number and medals.

[dawn wood]

Hello my name Is Dawn Wood and my Father In Law was in the Merchant Navy between 1942 (at the earliest) to 1972. His name was Frederick Charles Thomas Wood (R305291) is this his service number?? Also I am trying to trace what Medals he received during his time in the MN. Can anyone point me in the right direction.xx

[Keith at Tregenna]

One medal listing seems to be indicated at the National Archives:

LINK 1: The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details

LINK 2: The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Search Results

K.

[Ray Buck]

Dawn
The R305291 number is what is know as the Dis A No or discharge No He appears to have a seamans pouch, which may or may not have details of his service these can sometime be a bit hit and miss but worth obtaning
The National Archives | The Catalogue | Full Details | BT 372/705/56
Ray

[Hugh]

His CRS 10 [service record) should be here in BT 382/3063. Detecting your browser settings
If you download the file linked by Keith [link 1] then we can decipher the medal information for you.
Regards
Hugh