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Title: Look-up request - Merchant Navy Seamen [1835-1941] database, RE Stephen Hughes
Post by: PabloC on Friday 15 November 13 13:43 GMT (UK)

Afternoon,

I was wondering if anybody would be kind enough to perform a lookup for the following record andme and inform me of any information contained within please?

As stated above it's a lookup within the Merchant Navy Seamen [1835-1941] and the subject I am interested in is:

Name: Hughes, Stephen
Year of Birth: 1898
Discharge No. 867279
Place of birth: Liverpool, Lancashire

Any information that could be provided would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Paul

Title: Re: Look-up request - Merchant Navy Seamen [1835-1941] database, RE Stephen Hughes
Post by: dawnsh on Friday 15 November 13 13:53 GMT (UK)

Paul

I can't help with your look-up but I have modified your request.

Please remember that you must not ask for look-ups from commercial sources.
Most commercial sources have strict 'Terms of Use', which forbid publishing their data elsewhere, so asking for such look-ups is also asking people to ignore the 'Terms of Use'.

Please see the guidelines for posting here

http://www.rootschat.com/help/posting_guide.php

Dawn

Title: Re: Look-up request - Merchant Navy Seamen [1835-1941] database, RE Stephen Hughes
Post by: ShaunJ on Friday 15 November 13 14:03 GMT (UK)

There isn't a huge amount of information there but there is a photo so it's worth taking a look. The birthdate given is 31 January if that helps tie it down, and there are ship numbers for two voyages in 1920 and 1921 from which you could trace the ship names and routes.

Title: Re: Look-up request - Merchant Navy Seamen [1835-1941] database, RE Stephen Hughes
Post by: seaweed on Friday 15 November 13 14:06 GMT (UK)

He has no WW1 medal card and as far as I can tell did not serve in WW2.

Title: Re: Look-up request - Merchant Navy Seamen [1835-1941] database, RE Stephen Hughes
Post by: PabloC on Friday 15 November 13 14:19 GMT (UK)

Bingo, that's my man  :)

Apologies Dawn - duly noted.

Shaun/Seaweed - many thanks.

Interesting that there does not appear to be any WW1 MIC as family legend recalls that his ship was torpedoed and that he very nearly went down with it, after foolishly funning back into the ship to retrieve some personal effects.

Perhaps that's just a tale he conjured up....

He joined his brother and uncle in Chicago circa 1920's, never to return to Liverpool and I'm not aware that he served durring WW2.

Paul

Title: Re: Look-up request - Merchant Navy Seamen [1835-1941] database, RE Stephen Hughes
Post by: HMac on Friday 15 November 13 20:49 GMT (UK)

The reason he has no WW1 medal file held in BT 351 (Merchant Navy) is because during WW1 he was serving with the Mercantile Marine Reserve (MMR). His medal file therefore is held in ADM 117/131.

He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Regards
Hugh

Title: Re: Look-up request - Merchant Navy Seamen [1835-1941] database, RE Stephen Hughes
Post by: PabloC on Sunday 17 November 13 08:19 GMT (UK)

Many thanks Hugh.

Title: Re: Look-up request - Merchant Navy Seamen [1835-1941] database, RE Stephen Hughes
Post by: HMac on Monday 18 November 13 17:13 GMT (UK)

You will maybe have noticed my typo in post #5. It should of course have been ADM 171/131 not ADM 117. Senior moments happening more and more :)

Regards
Hugh