Was you father in law a British Merchant Seaman? If so, do you have his form
CRS 10? This will tell you all the vessels he served on from early 1941.....
Hi Seaweed,
In answer to your question yes Dad was a British Merchant Seaman but only, apparently from 5/44 according to what I have of his CRS 10 (A sore point there. When we went to Cardiff years back they claimed his CRS 10 did not go back prior to this date as the previous vessel was Panamanian registered). The CRS 10 then logs all ships through to his return to the UK post war.
Earlier in the war, Dad was in Singapore, possibly as a Royal Artillery Gunner, however when he escaped we have evidence that he was wearing Navy Whites! Further how he got from Padang to Trinidad is a complete mystery. So I have a gap in his story from circa 1 March 1942 to Christmas 1942 which is a complete blank!
I can tell you that Delamar was some sort of coast hugging tug that plied a trade shipping bauxite from British Guyana and neighbouring countries through to the US and the West Indies. If my memory serves I do have a photocopy of a Lloyds register movement card for Delamar covering the period Dad was on it, but, of course that does not tell me where he was before. I am just trying to fill the gap.
So you can see Dad was a bit of a mystery! If you are interested there is an account of Dad's escape from Singapore here.
http://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/s/html/stringer-dominic-michael.htm