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 226 May 29 2011 at 16:32:52Full Name: Ronnie Papaleo Email: eagleslanded@supanet.com Home Town?: Carlisle Cumbria Message Text: Hi, Does any one have any information regarding a ship of the Blue funnel Line which left Liverpool on the 19th March 1925 possibly heading for America. We are looking for information on a crew member named. Charles Brown possibly a Quartermaster who lived at Athol street in liverpool at the time. Charles Brown did not return to Liverpool...a Mystery it would be nice to have explained. Any information would be greatfully recieved. Thanks. Ronnie. 227 May 20 2011 at 19:47:36 Full Name: Rodney Mills Email: Home Town?: South Carolina, U.S.A. Message Text: I was recently in Wasington D.C. and visited the W.W.II, memorial. On the original memorial was the gratitude of the U.S. Nation to it's military. Army, Army Air Force, Navy, Navy Air Force, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard and Merchant Marine. Nice to see the M.N. included for a change. 228 May 13 2011 at 09:58:53 Full Name: Ivan Edward Blunt Email: ivanblunt@aol.com Home Town?: Macclesfield C|heshire Message Text: Chief Radio officer 1943 to 1947 mainly on foreign registered ships 229 May 01 2011 at 16:49:30 Full Name: Patricia Maltby (nee Taylor) Email: patsy.pink@btinternet.com Home Town?: Exeter Message Text: Very sad at the death of Captain Patrick St. Quentin Beadon. It is certainly the end of an era for me. He was my Captain on the Pendennis Castle where I met my husband Tony Maltby. 230 April 26 2011 at 19:05:29 Full Name: William Hoey Email: williamhoey789@btinternet.com Home Town?: Larne, N. Ireland Message Text: Hi to all seafarers on the sea and ashore 231 April 26 2011 at 10:03:32 Full Name: Harry Mann Email: brintman@adam.com.au Home Town?: Adelaide,South Australia Message Text: Anyone have knowledge of any seaman who was reported missing from vessel docked at an eastern Australian port,in November/December 1948.Possible name Keane/Keene or similar. 232 April 25 2011 at 09:35:00 Full Name: Billy McGee Email: Billy1963@ntlworld.com Home Town?: Stockton-on-Tees Message Text: RE: MN Casualties WWII I have been documenting these casualties for a number of years and have the following figures for British & Commonwealth casualties serving on Merchant ships. The cut off date for commemoration of war dead was 31st December 1947. Tower Hill Memorial 23,753 Buried Ashore 2,594 Halifax Memorial. Point Pleasant Park. 1,554 Bombay/Chittagong Memorial 6,048. Hong Kong War Memorial 1,400. Liverpool Naval Memorial 1,400 (Merchant Seamen who served on RN vessels under the T124T & T124X Agreements) Australian War Memorial 359. Royal Navy DEMS 3,000. DEMS Maritime Regt. 1,222. DEMS from other Army Regt's 50. Naval Staff 699. Not recorded by the CWGC. 5,361. Total 46,641 233 April 21 2011 at 01:00:25 Full Name: James Taylor Email: jamesjava1@optusnet.com.au Home Town?: Frankston Australia ex Blackpool Message Text: Ahoy, I am a member of the Blue Funnel Ass: Indefatigable OBA, Penisula Ship Society Hasting Australia, Tall Ships Australia, Seascope Maritime Ass: Melbourne, and National Secretary of, Merchant Navy War Service League Australia Inc: The opening page by Dave Malyneux is a wonderful tribute to those who served during WW11. I would like to draw members attention to a misleading fact, the numbers of Merchant Seamen killed in WW11. My mother was in charge of the MN section of the Ministry of War Pensions at Norbreck,(now the MOD)After the war she informed me of the hidden numbers of those lost. Winston Churchill in 1941 instructed the War Cabinet that releases of ship sinkings and loss of life be suspended as the information was demoralising the people; see his Second World War, Hansard reports. The numbers my mother Trudy Taylor gave me were 62,000 men and women, with all our Allied nationals and their ships, Best Wishes, James Taylor, (JavaJim). 234 April 17 2011 at 17:54:44 Full Name: Ian Hawks Email: ian.hawks@googlemail.com Home Town?: Hadleigh Essex Message Text: Watching the London Marathon on TV this morning, was pleased to see the camera pan up to the Merchant Navy Memorial at Tower Hill, well done that cameraman. 235 April 13 2011 at 11:22:56 Full Name: Colin Victor David Smith Email: colinsmith718@talktalk.net Home Town?: Canada and UK Message Text: I am researching the accidental deaths of a Chief Officer and Bosun on the Silver Line chemical tanker SilverFalcon on 12th April, 1975 at Stader, in the River Elbe. The C/O, Jim Drummond, was a fellow cadet for two years. Apparently they were down a cofferdam with 4 feet of water(?) in it, and were somehow drowned. Does anyone know anything about tjis tragic accident? Please reply to colinsmith718@talktalk.net. 236 April 12 2011 at 15:25:53 Full Name: MARTIN IRISH Email: m_k_irish@btinternet.com Home Town?: Cardiff Message Text: Just looking to see if anybody knows Capt Edward Irish of Cardiff. 1913-1973. Charles hills / Bibby line.Clarks container line. Halifax City then Dart ships, DART Atlantic. 237 April 11 2011 at 15:34:32 Full Name: Tony Thompson Email: apttony@aol.com Home Town?: Southampton UK Message Text: I'm helping a friend who is trying to find her birth father, ANTONY (Tony) WILLIAM IAN THOMPSON, but knows very little about him. She does know that he worked for Cosag Marine and was Captain on the MV Bembridge in 1974 - 1975, and at that time he was aged 31, putting his date of birth at about 1943. If there is the slightest chance of any positive feedback, we would be extremely grateful. Tony 238 April 11 2011 at 04:27:21 Full Name: Mark Roobertson Email: mark_westside1991@hotmail.com Home Town?: kirkcaldy Message Text: would like to hear from anyone that possibly knew my father Peter Taylor Robertson (deceased June 1991. He had worked his way up to first officer by the time of his death deep sea in bombay 239 April 05 2011 at 20:05:16 Full Name: kerry Foules (nee Doyle) Email: kerryfoulkes@yahoo.com Home Town?: Birkenhead Message Text: My father mr Anthony Doyle (Tony) joined with the blue funnel in the 60s, he was on the ajax, achilies, perculous and others. He was from Birkenhead i who like to see if anybody remembered him... 240 April 02 2011 at 17:56:02 Full Name: Jorgen Lonn Email: jorgen.tankers@gmail.com Home Town?: Stockholm Sweden Message Text: Hi Folks, I want to swapping black/white and colour postcards and paper prints of tankers, general cargo ships, passenger liners etc.,. In return I will send you older black/white negatives of tankers, general cargo ships etc.,. and colour prints of vessels from diffent nations. Cheers and GB, Jorgen 241 April 01 2011 at 14:59:27 Full Name: Peter Dunmore Redshaw Email: peter77@homecall.co.uk Home Town?: LOCHGILPHEAD Message Text: Very interestng site! Found some information regarding Prince Line. Reference Asiatic Prince, my uncle was senior 3rd Engineer on her on her fateful voyage in 1928. 242 March 29 2011 at 10:21:11 Full Name: John Callon Email: john@sincal.co.uk Home Town?: Gartocharn Message Text: Try the Liverpool Maritime Nuseum in the Albert Dock, Probably the best in the country. Regards, John 243 March 28 2011 at 14:40:23 Full Name: anthony donovan Email: anthonydonovan@talktalk.net Home Town?: mildenhall suffolk Message Text: recently visited greenwich maritime museum, came away disappointed. not much about merchant service.does anyone know of museum dedicated to m. navy. regards tony 244 March 28 2011 at 08:05:46 Full Name: michael wootton Email: michaelwootton@virginmedia.com Home Town?: tamworth Message Text: morning all, my mailbox as been closed down by virgin, will you please send any tamworth mail to the address above. best wishes mike 245 March 27 2011 at 17:42:33 Full Name: Doreen Wilkinson Email: doreen@elterwater.karoo.co.uk Home Town?: Kingston Upon Hull Message Text: My father served in the MN for many years before, during and after WW11. Last year I made enquiries to the Royal Mail if a commemorative stamp had ever been produced to recognise the bravery of these men. To my amazement the answer was no, but my suggestion would be put for-ward for 2012. I received a letter this week saying my request has been turned down. To say I am disgusted is an under statement. My late father was torpedoed in Oct.1941 but luckily was picked up by an other vessel. 2012 would be the ideal year to issue a stamp as the Battle of the Atlantic was at its peak 70 years ago. I collect stamps and have a have some commemorating such rubbish as clowns, Harry Potter etc. etc.They are of no consequence to the survival of this country. The MN contribution during WWII should be given the respect it deserves, before many more of the paticipants die. Please help me by giving this e-mail some publicity. Many Thanks Doreen Wilkinson 246 March 23 2011 at 13:49:20 Full Name: Billy McGee Email: Billy1963@ntlworld.com Home Town?: Stockton-on-Tees Message Text: RE: Query Captain Charles Hugh Jones. There is no record of a Captain Charles Hugh Jones being held as a PoW throughout WWI in files held at The National Archives in MT9/1238 "List of Mercant Seamen and Fishermen detained as Prisoners of War in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey,Board of Trade Printed List 31st May 1918" printed by the Board of Trade. The probable reason for this is the fact the German ship which captured the Kyanga, the Auxiliary Cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grösse was herself sunk on the 26th August 1914 by the British light cruiser HMS Highflyer, ten days after the Kyanga was lost. I would suggest a look in the Fourth Register Seaman's Service held at Southampton. This should contain his service record and detail the last ship he served on. Then by gaining a copy of the ships Log Book, you should be able to establish his last known address. I also contacted one of my friends who has access to the Ancestry.co.uk site and he was unable to find anyone by this name born in 1870 at Bangor. The same goes for a broader search on deaths. 247 March 21 2011 at 16:49:47 Full Name: Gwyn Roberts Email: Gwyncid@aol.com Home Town?: Dolgellau Message Text: I am interested in Capt Charles Hugh JONES (Born Bangor - Gwynedd - 1870) who was Master aboard the NYANGA (Elder Dempster Line) when she was torpedoed in waters off Teneriffe in August, 1914. He was taken as a Prisner of War at this time - presumably until the end of the 1914-18 hostilities. He captained the "Ilaro", "Ashanti" and "Teneriffe" in the years up until 1929-1936 when he is recorded as Master of the HERMOINE. That is the last mention of him at the age of 65/66 years - when he probably retired.. Capt JONES's wife, Jane, was a widow (93 Years) when she was buried in her native Caernarfon in 1961. The grave does not contain the remains of the subject Captain, only that of his wife, son and daughter-in-law. I AM ANXIOUS TO TRACE THE DATE AND LOCATION OF THE CAPTAIN'S DEATH WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO WHERE HE IS BURIED. CAN ANYONE ASSIST? IS THERE ANYONE WHO KNEW HIM IN THE LATTER STAGES OF HIS CAREER? ARE THERE ANY RECORDS WHICH WOULD YIELD THIS INFORMATION OR HIS HOME ADDRESS AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT? ANSWERS WOULD AT LAST REVEAL WHAT HAS BEEN A MYSTERY TO THE FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS!!!!!! GWYN ROBERTS 248 March 16 2011 at 18:55:59 Full Name: Nigel Cook Email: vril1@live.com Home Town?: York Message Text: Seventy years ago today (March 16th 1941) my grandfather George Harrison's ship Sardinian Prince (he was Stoker 1st Class) was sunk by the German battlecruiser Scharnhorst. He was captured and spent the rest of the war as a POW in Marlag und Milag Nord. 249 March 14 2011 at 12:40:48 Full Name: reginald a.h. baxter Email: gerrybaxter1@hotmail.co.uk Home Town?: south west wales Message Text: RFA Serbol. 15 year old cabin boy, now 83. Have lots of stories before its too late. Just been given a laptop computer. Cheers, Gerry4 250 March 13 2011 at 12:27:43 Full Name: Stuart Cooper Email: cooper.stuart@btconnect.com Home Town?: Rostrevor Message Text: Lovely Site Guys 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 >>
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