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[SCOOBYDOO]

]i am trying to locate my fathers record,sf when he was in the merchant navy as i have misplaced them over the years
can anyone tell me how i can go about obtaining them he sailed out of Manchester

[Tony Morcom]

Welcome to the site and thanks for stopping by to introduce yourself. My first suggestion would be to post your father's full name, date and place of birth. Armed with that information you will be surprised at what some of our members will be able to turn up for you.

[SCOOBYDOO]

hello from robert

[SCOOBYDOO]

thank you for your quick reply my dads name was CUTHBERT AKINS he mav have gone by the name of Burt , he was born in Ghana about 1901 and he died in 1970 ,i did not see very much of my father and know very little i believed he was torpedoed during the war as i seem to remember seeing some paper in German with a picture of him , i have moved around a lot and this has been misplaced which is a bit sad for me ,hence the search, hope this may help thank

[Ron B Manderson]

welcome to the site Scoobydoo.
I am sure you will get info soon
Ron the batcave

[bob thomson]

Hi, Search the above site under Merchant Navy , give name and date of birth and under section 372 you should get details. good hunting bob thomson

[Hugh]

Hello and welcome,

I am afraid there appears to be no online records available for him however that does not mean they do not exist.
His CRS 10 [service record from Jan 1941], if it has survived, should be held at the National Archives in Kew in piece BT 382/13
The file can be expensive to obtain online as it is a block holding involving many other names. Best obtained by visit to Kew or get someone to visit on your behalf.
Regards
Hugh