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- Abbreviations in merchant seamen’s records
Keywords: merchant navynavy - Births, marriages and deaths at sea or abroad
Keywords: birthscoloniesdeathsmarriagesmerchant navyshipping - Crew lists and agreements and log books of merchant ships 1747-1860
Keywords: crew listslog books (ships)merchant navyshipping - Crew lists and agreements and log books of merchant ships after 1861
Keywords: crew listslog books (ships)merchant navyshipping - Fleet Air Arm personnel
Keywords: fleet air armnavyroyal navy - French muster rolls from the Battle of Trafalgar 1805
Keywords: high court of admiraltylog books (ships)shippingtrafalgar (battle of) All records viewable online - Logs and journals of ships of exploration 1757-1904
Keywords: admiraltylog books (ships)navyroyal navyshipping All records viewable online - Available on:Maritime births 1867-1960
Keywords: birthsmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online - Available on:Maritime deaths 1781-1968
Keywords: deathsmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online - Maritime history records held by other archives
Keywords: merchant navynavyroyal navyshipping - Available on:Maritime marriages 1854-1972
Keywords: marriagesmerchant navypassengers All records viewable online - Merchant seamen of the First World War
Keywords: apprenticeshipcrew listsfirst world warmerchant navyworld war one - Available on:Merchant seamen registers 1835-1857
Keywords: merchant navy All records viewable online - Available on:Merchant seamen registers 1918-1941
Keywords: merchant navy All records viewable online - Merchant seamen serving since 1918
Keywords: crew listsmerchant navysecond world warworld war two - Merchant seamen serving up to 1857: further research
Keywords: merchant navy - Merchant seamen serving up to 1913
Keywords: apprenticeshipcrew listsmerchant navy - Merchant seamen’s campaign medal records 1914-1918
Keywords: awardsbritish war medalcampaign medalsfirst world warhonoursmedalsmercantile marine medalmerchant navysilver war badge All records viewable online - Merchant seamen’s campaign medal records 1939-1945
Keywords: campaign medalsmedalsmerchant navynavysecond world warworld war two All records viewable online - Merchant seamen’s medals and honours
Keywords: awardscampaign medalsgallantry medalshonoursmedalsmerchant navy - Merchant shipping movement cards 1939-1945
Keywords: merchant navysecond world warshippingworld war two All records viewable online - Merchant ships
Keywords: merchant navyshipping - Merchant trade records: port books 1565-1799
Keywords: customs (tax)port books - Naval correspondence using the ADM 12 indexes and digests
Keywords: admiraltyroyal navyshipping - Officers in the Merchant Navy
Keywords: crew listsmerchant navyofficers merchant navy - Registration of merchant ships
Keywords: merchant navynavyshipping - Research and development in the Royal Navy
Keywords: navyordnance (military supplies)royal navyshipping - Royal Marines officers
Keywords: first world warofficers (royal marines)royal marinesworld war one - Royal Marines other ranks
Keywords: first world warroyal marinesworld war one - Royal Marines’ service records 1842-1925
Keywords: first world warroyal marinesworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Air Service officers
Keywords: first world warofficers (air forces)royal naval air serviceworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Division personnel
Keywords: first world warroyal naval divisionroyal navyworld war one - Royal Naval Division service records 1914-1919
Keywords: first world warroyal naval divisionroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval dockyard staff
Keywords: dockyardnavyroyal navy - Royal Naval Reserve personnel
Keywords: first world warnavyroyal naval reserveworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Reserve service records 1860-1955
Keywords: first world warroyal naval reserveroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel
Keywords: first world warnavyroyal naval volunteer reserveworld war one - Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve service records 1903-1922
Keywords: first world warroyal naval volunteer reserveroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Navy commissioned and warrant officers: further research
Keywords: courts martialnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navy - Royal Navy commissioned officers
Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navywarrant officersworld war one - Royal Navy nurses
Keywords: navynursesroyal navywomen's military service - Royal Navy officers’ pensions
Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)pensionsroyal navy - Royal Navy officers’ service record cards and files c.1840-c.1920
Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)royal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Navy officers’ service records 1756-1931
Keywords: first world warnavyofficers (royal navy)pensionsroyal navywarrant officersworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Navy operations and correspondence 1660-1914
Keywords: admiraltynavyroyal navy - Royal Navy operations and policy after 1945
Keywords: admiraltyfleet air armnavyroyal navy - Royal Navy operations in the First World War
Keywords: admiraltyfirst world warnavyroyal navyworld war one - Royal Navy operations in the Second World War
Keywords: admiraltynavyroyal navysecond world war - Royal Navy ratings enlisted after 1918
Keywords: campaign medalsmedalsnavyroyal navysecond world warworld war two - Royal Navy ratings of the First World War
Keywords: first world warmedalsnavyroyal navyworld war one - Royal Navy ratings up to 1913
Keywords: medalsnavyroyal navy - Royal Navy ratings’ pensions 17th-20th centuries
Keywords: first world warnavypensionsroyal navyworld war one - Royal Navy ratings’ service records 1853-1928
Keywords: first world warnavyroyal navyworld war one All records viewable online - Royal Navy ratings: further research
Keywords: navyroyal navy - Royal Navy ships’ voyages in log books
Keywords: admiraltylog books (ships)navyroyal navyshipping - Royal Navy unpaid pensions 1830-1860: claims by next of kin
Keywords: pensionsroyal navy All records viewable online - Royal Navy warrant officers
Keywords: navyofficers (royal navy)royal navywarrant officers - Sea charts
Keywords: admiraltycharts (maps)maps - Ships wrecked or sunk
Keywords: merchant navyroyal navyshipping - Wills of Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel 1786-1882
Keywords: officers (royal navy)probateroyal navywarrant officerswills All records viewable online - Women’s Royal Naval Service personnel
Keywords: first world warroyal navywomen's military service All records viewable online
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