ships movement cards

jake77 · Post by **jake77** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:07 pm

Hi been looking at my dads merchant navy records downloaded
all the info from nas site I got in touch with cardiff about his medal
entitlement 1938-1946 I have the names of ships etc but they also need ships movement cards I can't find anyway to access them the code is bt 389 is this the sort of thing I need a researcher for or is it possible for me to get them myself.

many thanks jake

Post by **Liz Turner** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:21 pm

Jake

I'm not sure if these web addresses are ones that you might have tried already, but perhaps worth a try if you haven't. It seems that maybe not all cards would have survived.

http://www.mcga.gov.uk/c4mca/msf5330.pdf
http://www.gordonmumford.com/survive6.htm
http://www.voy.com/149183/

I've no doubt that someone with much more knowledge/expertise than me will come along soon with some suggestions for you. My own grandfather was in the Merchant Navy during WWII and was sunk by torpedo in the Atlantic in 1942. I'd be interested to see how you get on with your search.

Good Luck

Liz

jake77 · Post by **jake77** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:18 pm

Hi Liz thanks for reply & links looks like it is a job for a pro researcher
seems to me they are being a bit picky I would have thought his records giving details of ships he served on and discharge info was proof enough .
Anyway will let you know how it goes

jake

jake77 · Post by **jake77** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:57 pm

Finally got Dads also my father in laws medals both were in the merchant navy during ww2 both now deceased.It was a long drawn out procedure but got there in the end I will put a post up of how to go about to assist anyone else who is in the same boat no pun intended
I tried everywhere even researchers with no joy there is very little info on how to do it and it is a bit of a struggle so I will post the procedure
shortly

jake

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 12:30 am

Well done Jake!
I'm sure the information you have gathered along the way will be of great interest to many people on TS. Look forward to hearing how it is done.

Best wishes
Lesley