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21st June 2018, 05:56 AM
#21
Re: my father
Don’t know if you’ve seen this, don’t see it in the thread already:
Wellington Star 1
Anything there sound familiar?
Alan
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21st June 2018, 06:01 AM
#22
Re: my father
Post #13 has similar Alan but the more we try the better results we will achieve
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21st June 2018, 08:25 AM
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Re: my father
To avoid confusion and possibly save time, the Discharge Book only gives a record of the port of discharge, i.e. at the end of that contracted term when the seaman signs off the ship. It does not record any of the other ports visited during that voyage.
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30th June 2018, 07:20 PM
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Re: my father
got this reply back from national archive,
Unfortunately the information that you have provided is insufficient to enable us to complete a page check. We cannot provide a page check service if it would be necessary to search through a document to find specific pieces of information which may be located randomly throughout it.
In some cases, items which are listed separately in Discovery, our catalogue, are not physically separate documents. Instead they form part of a larger document and have to be located within that document in order to provide a page check. We will make every effort to locate such items but, occasionally, this is not possible.
You can go to: Paying for research - The National Archives and pay someone to carry out research on your behalf, or you can come to The National Archives to view the original records for free. Alternatively, you may wish to submit a new request.
We wish you every success in your research.
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30th June 2018, 07:40 PM
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Re: my father
Hi Charles,
Our Doc should be on board soon and hope will advise best.
I will go through all again and try to assist further.
Regards Keith.
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25th November 2019, 01:30 AM
#26
Re: my father
hello all.
thanks to your help we have now got my fathers medals!!!!!
downloaded the forms,and as my sister is the next of kin i asked her to sign the forms.
thanks to everyone who helped me!
i know its a bit late !!
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