Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Rolls of Honour, Wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945

Reference:

BT 339

Title:

Description:

Volumes which lists the dead, and missing presumed dead, from the ranks of the merchant marine fleets during the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.

Date:

1866-1970

Arrangement:

Each volume presents surnames of the deceased in alphabetical order. Pieces 5 and 6 concern the War of 1914-1918.

Related Material:

See also the Merchant Seamen prisoner of war records in BT 373

Held by:

The National Archives, Kew

Legal status:

Public Record

Language:

English

Creator:

General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 1835-1872
Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992

Physical description:

8 volume(s)

Access conditions:

Open

Immediate source of acquisition:

Registry of Shipping and Seamen , in 2000

Accumulation Dates:

1866-1970

Selection and destruction information:

All existing rolls of honour have been preserved.

Accruals:

No future accruals expected

Administrative / biographical background:

The Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen was created in 1872 and became the Registry of Shipping and Seamen in 1992. Details of sub-departmental administration concerning these records have not survived.

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