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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: ainslie on Monday 05 March 18 15:41 GMT (UK)
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Hugh Young spent most of his life at sea but was in the Machine Gun Corps in WW1. He lost his army discharge papers and his service records include a request for a duplicate. I attach part of the letter showing that in 1940 he was an 'engine' petty officer in H.M.S....
Any views on the name of his ship please?
Ainslie
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It looks like Cartrel/Cartral but can't find it listed.
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The first letter looks more like a P to me.
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Mis-spelling of Kestrel?
Martin
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possibly "Patrol" - a pathfinder class scout cruiser, but this was paid off and scrapped in the 1920s
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If it's the same first letter as the address - is that Cadwyn or similar. I thought it might be most likely a misspelling of Kestrel.
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H M S Patrol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Patrol_(1904)
Sorry 1940 not WW1 - my mistake
Sandra
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Hmm. I wonder if the engine room crew on Kestrel nicknamed her HMS Castrol.
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It's that 3rd letter that's odd - it looks like the other r but nothing like that on the lists that I've looked at.
My cousin was a Capt in the RN but he died 2 years ago. He would have know :'(
Gadget
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Thank you for all your suggestions. I fear none is conclusive.
For what it is worth, I think his address at the time was in Colwyn Road (near Old Swan in Liverpool).
Any more ideas?
A
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How about HMS Petrel? A river gunboat sunk in 1941
C
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Well I thought it looked like Cartmel, but that dates back to WW1 (unless there is another one!)
Giggsy ::)
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Thank you. I am tempted by 'Peterel' as she was evidently spelled, which fits better than most things I have tried. I see she was sunk off Shanghai with loss of life and some crew captured.
I am awaiting better information on a civilian of the right name and age whose death in 1942 in Malaya is recorded by the War Graves Commission, but without any other details. This might be a forlorn hope but I have not found another proof of death so far...
A
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I would go along with HMS PETEREL as being a contender.
There are a few references to her at TNA. Maybe the piece ADM358/3998 could be of interest.
If Hugh Young was serving under a T124 agreement. He would technically be a civilian.
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That looks very promising, thank you. I shall have to arrange for a viewing.
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