Hia

[judith george]

Hia I'm a ex merchant seaman's daughter from Swansea.My dads name was Ernest Davies and he joined in around 1938 and left in 1959 his nickname was Duxie he had 2 brother's also in the merchant Alfred and Percey. I am trying to find out what ships he served on between 1938 and 1952. I have 1 of his discharge books but my mother has misplaced his earlier one I have his pouch from Kew but there is very little information in it used to love the stories he used to tell me when I was younger

[Doc Vernon]

Hi Judith
Welcome to the site!
If you have one of his Dis.Books please submit his Discharge R Number,and we can look it up!
You will need his CRS10 Documents as these will give you list of Ships ertc!
Place of Birth too please! and Year !

Thanks for joining
Will await more info
Cheers

[judith george]

thank you Doc I have 3 numbers for him R179421, BT372/158/87 and a B.S.I.C serial No BS352864 he was born in Swansea on 18/02/1922. His first ship was Matina 161087 and a date of 12/9/38 don't know if that's engaged or discharged and dad's last ship was "DONEGAL" 187545 engagement 7 June 58 discharge 24 April 59 my dad did a lot of foreign trips (he liked the warmer weather) he was Bosun on this trip. Hope this is ok and will phone Kew and try to get his CRS10 once again thank you

[DeepSea]

1941 to 1972 Fifth Register of Merchant Seaman's Service

These records are held at The National Archives at Kew in classification BT 382. The Fifth Register of Seaman’s Service 1941 to 1972.

Records of individual Merchant Seamen's sea service details are held in alphabetical surname order. These details include the following information: Name of seaman, Date and place of birth, Discharge (Seaman’s) book number, Rank, Details of the ships on which he served. These include: Name of ship and official number, date of engagement (Joining ship), Date of discharge (Leaving ship), whether ship was a foreign going of home trade vessel, and records in some cases National Insurance contributions. Details shown in these records are similar to those contained in an individual seaman's discharge book.

The actual files are held in block by surname and would require a visit to Kew unless you are willing to pay for a researcher. His file should be held in the following file BT 382/443 covering the surnames "Davies Edward Brian to Davies Gomer Lewis" As the files are held in block by surname it would require a visit to Kew unless you are willing to pay the extortionate prices for a researcher.

[Doc Vernon]

Thank you Deepsea
Saved me looking that up for Judith.

Hope you will now be able to get all that you want,good luck!
Cheers

[judith george]

thank you Deepsea Ive sent for an estimate to see how many arms and legs its going to cost lol as I live in Swansea the cost to Kew might be more than the researchers fee. Hopefully I should be able to fill in the gap soon so once again thank you Deepsea and to you Doc Vernon for the help and advice you have given to me

[Ron B Manderson]

welcome to the site dear lady.
Enjoy and hope you get the info you seek
Ron the batcave

[judith george]

Thank you Ron