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10th January 2022, 03:53 AM
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Re: Women and ships in the Spanish Civil War
Hi Edward, The only lady I can match with the initials given earlier is Beatrice Maud Docker nee Llewellyn. She married William H.
Docker in Cardiff 1917. Below is the 1939 Register from FMP:
The original document is quite hard to read and unfortunately too big a file to load on here.
Household members (3 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
Beatrice M Docker 11 Sep 1893 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 70 1
Rex L Docker 29 Apr 1926 Male At School Single 70 2
William Henry Docker 25 Apr 1896 Male Maintenance Steam Engineer Married 70 3 [Civilian role], Auxiliary Fire Service
at ? ? Estate.
All residing at: looks like, "Cromerty?" Cardiff Road, Pontypridd, Pontypridd U.D., Glamorganshire, Wales.
Beatrice, died 1962.
William in 1967.
And their son Rex 1997.
They had a daughter too, Audrey Letitia Docker b 1917-1991, living at 71, Knoll Avenue, Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales.
Last edited by Marian Gray; 10th January 2022 at 04:21 AM.
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12th January 2022, 09:03 AM
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Re: Women and ships in the Spanish Civil War
Marian
Very many thanks for taking the time to provide such a full response to my query. I now know why 43-year-old Beatrice Docker did not get the same publicity as 20-year-old Florence Roberts
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23rd February 2022, 01:07 AM
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Re: Women and ships in the Spanish Civil War
I missed this post somehow, Here's a mystery. I was n the Baron Elibank in 1952, and have had her picture on my Comp for years, but now I think it is the wrong one as it looks the same as the one Graham has put up. The ships no I have is168364.
Des
Baron Elibank.jpg
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23rd February 2022, 07:52 AM
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Re: Women and ships in the Spanish Civil War

Originally Posted by
Des Taff Jenkins
I missed this post somehow, Here's a mystery. I was n the Baron Elibank in 1952, and have had her picture on my Comp for years, but now I think it is the wrong one as it looks the same as the one Graham has put up. The ships no I have is168364.
Des
So Des
168364 was Shell tanker NARANIO 1943-1961.... LINK-incl.photo
168964 was cargo vessel BARON ELIBANK from 1946-1959 (blt 43 as Empire Ransom)....LINK-incl.photo of her as the later Armenistes
Has this solved it?
Cheers
Graham
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23rd February 2022, 10:40 PM
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Re: Women and ships in the Spanish Civil War
For Des:The subject of this article,the ss SEVEN SEAS SPRAY was an earlier BARON ELIBANK (141938) built 1919 as the GLASSFORD,then with Baron Line as BARON ELIBANK from 1923-1934,then becoming SEVEN SEAS SPRAY. A bit before your time Des! Your BARON ELIBANK (168964)was built in 1946.
Graham
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24th February 2022, 12:24 AM
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Re: Women and ships in the Spanish Civil War
HI Graham.
Jees got an appointment with the optometrist next month, I just had another look you are right I had the wrong number, but must have made a mistake years ago with the ship. Thanks mate. I will have to put that one in its place.
Dea
Last edited by Des Taff Jenkins; 24th February 2022 at 12:28 AM.
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24th February 2022, 05:26 AM
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Re: Women and ships in the Spanish Civil War

Originally Posted by
Des Taff Jenkins
HI Graham.
Jees got an appointment with the optometrist next month, I just had another look you are right I had the wrong number, but must have made a mistake years ago with the ship. Thanks mate. I will have to put that one in its place.
Dea

Yes Des, what would we do without Specsavers?
Though I do not use them, use OPSM, find them far better.


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