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World War Two / Re: Merchant navy, H.M.T 136?
« on: Thursday 04 January 18 23:15 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you all once more and in pa :)rticular Seaweed for the latest reply.  Hopefully I can track down his CRS 10 form and fill in the gaps!
And for going to the trouble of looking it up for me, thank you and fingers crossed.
I never even thought about medals, which is a touching thought as my mother is still with us, thank you so much! :) Fred

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World War Two / Re: Merchant navy, H.M.T 136?
« on: Thursday 04 January 18 21:13 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, thank you all for your quick replies, very knowledgeable and helpful!
His full name was James Anthony Ryan, 6/3/19, Liverpool.

I have his 'Seamans pouch' (emailed)which contains quite a bit but wonder if some bits are missing and I'll have to search again. He joined in 1936 and I've traced the ships up to early 1941 but there appears to be a gap of nearly two years before the discharge in February 1943.

Thank you once again I'm thrilled with the insight of what H.M.T stands for.  :) fred

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World War Two / Merchant navy, H.M.T 136?
« on: Thursday 04 January 18 14:32 GMT (UK)  »
Hello, my grandfather served in the Merchant navy during ww2. I've obtained some records and he was discharged through ill health (the cause being covered up for privacy, I assume)
The doctor's note mentions that he was - in H.M.T 136.
Does anyone know what this stands for? I thought it may be the ship he was on but no luck, the letter is dated late Feb 1943. A trawler with that number sank 2- 3 years earlier! The letter has the union castle line company stamp on it, so i know he was on one of theres. Another paper says his last ship was Stirling castle in 1943, so I'm thinking it stands for something completely different.
Many thanks in advance. Fred

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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / Re: Bourton On The Water, Gloucester, parish Records-Warner
« on: Tuesday 22 February 11 20:58 GMT (UK)  »
Dear Duport,

Thank you very much for looking that up for me, it has been most helpful in telling me that he came from the parish of Stanton Harcourt, shame there were no witnesses!

Thanks once again

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Gloucestershire Lookup Requests / * COMPLETED*Bourton On The Water, Gloucester, parish Records-Warner
« on: Friday 18 February 11 20:28 GMT (UK)  »
Hello,

I would be grateful if someone could help?

A William Warner married a Ruth Perry on the 2nd March 1764 in Bourton On The Water.

William was an ancestor of mine and I was hoping the Parish records might give more information on him eg his birth place etc.

They spent most of their time in the Southleigh area of Oxfordshire. However the brick walls have sprung up!

thank you

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: John RUDDOCK birth abt 1682 longbridge Deverill?
« on: Tuesday 06 July 10 19:42 BST (UK)  »
Dear Nigel,

Thank you very much for the look up on the baptisms. Much apreciated.

Brian

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Wiltshire Lookup Requests / Re: John RUDDOCK birth abt 1682 longbridge Deverill?
« on: Monday 05 July 10 20:32 BST (UK)  »
Hello,

In the hope that I can find the above birth, I've added longbridge Deverill to the title, to catch any look up volunteers!

I would be most grateful for any help or advice.

Failing that any bmd activity for Ruddock in a similar time frame would be great.
Thank you

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Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Re: warner birth abt 1801?
« on: Saturday 03 July 10 09:39 BST (UK)  »
Hi Alan,

Thank you for your reply.

Yes I do have that information, which first informed me of William's father, Robert.

I'm struggling on their births however and find it a little strange that I can find quite a lot of Warner burials in a time frame before and after wm and rbts births, in the Southleigh area, but no Warner births.
I could understand a few coming from outside an area but whole generations without births seems strange.

However I'll continue to search, hoping that they were born close by and all just ended up in Southleigh/Stanton(Have a few Stanton Harcourt births)
I'm beginning to wonder if a lot were not baptised and wonder if being farmers, their children could work the land at an earlier age, if people didn't know their age or that they even existed!

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Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / Re: warner birth abt 1801?
« on: Thursday 01 July 10 20:18 BST (UK)  »
Dear Selhurst,
Thank you for your reply, we must be partly related lol! I'm related to William through Thomas. Maybe we could compare notes sometime? How are you getting on with your research?


Dear Toby,

Thank you very much for looking those up for me, that was very kind of you, I'm most grateful.
Thank you for your offer of more help. I'll look at another angle of attack or more places!
I'll get back to you soon.
Thanks once again

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