Hi Jessica,
There is quite a lot of information on the cards (ship numbers and dates) and I am sure the guys here will help you transpose them in due course. You could also do it yourself via the CLIP site
https://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/vesselsnum
Firstly a word about the Fourth Register of Seamen. The cards contain mistakes and omissions so what you see is not every ship or every voyage he did. The CR 10 card only came into force between 1918-1921 and again there may have been omissions or he could only have had the one ship during this time. You would need to dive deeper using known crew listings to have a complete record.
I have found 3 CR1 cards and importantly his CR2 - all attached below [I am assuming the site owners and moderators are happy to have this copyrighted content shown]. This cards shows foreign voyages, in his case up until the mid 1930's, ships names being replaced by official numbers.
His WW2 Merchant Navy service record called a CRS 10 is held at Kew in piece BT 382/1992
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ls/r/C10990216 This file is held in a block of up to 60 other names so is more expensive to obtain on line. If you can visit Kew, you can copy it for free or if you have a researcher who would copy it for you. If unable to use any of those the last resort would be to request a paid search for the file –
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/...a-paid-search/ I can tell you this would cost about £52 unfortunately which is really expensive for this document. However, It would list all his ships including ports of engagement and discharge from the year 1941 until leaving the service.
His WW2 medal file is here: BT 395/1/106797 -
https://discovery.nationalarchives.g...ils/r/D4371990 This can be downloaded for free if you sign in to the National Archives site. He was awarded the 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star, Burma Star, Italy Star and the War Medal.
The pivotal reference for a merchant seaman is his Dis.A number - guys keep banging on about 'R' numbers and this is a case in point why you should refer to it as a Dis.A - he never had an 'R' number because they, as I have reported on this site already, did not come into service until 1925. Prior to that they were numerical only with no prefix 'R'. James Henry Wood has a numerical Dis.A- 1042294. An ID number sometimes called an R.S.2 is less useful but can help in some cases.
Any questions - please feel free.
Regars
Hugh