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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: Thinlizy on Thursday 06 January 11 14:32 GMT (UK)
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Can any one shed any light on the movement of ammunitions from Eyemouth during WW1. My grandfather was awarded M(C)BE as a captain of one of these boats. Thanx
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Hi thinlizy, it may be worth putting up your grandfathers name, but till then you could try this site.
http://www.naval-history.net/index.htm
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Earlier today there was a query about merchant troop transports between India and UK in the early 20th century, and some of the posts referred to ships being converted or re-fitted for use as ammunition transports for WW1.
Have a look for a thread title something like "Troop ships between India and UK" this morning. I posted some replies to it.
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If you know the full name of your Grandfather you could search for the announcement in the London Gazette of the award of his MBE. That will probably give the name of the ship on which he was serving.
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Thanx everyone. I have a print of the LG entry, could not find his name at the site given, seems to be very selective compared to original.
I have my GF's details - Captain D Bremner, Merchant Navy skipper.
According to one of my aunts, they were apparently the first out and the last back carrying ammunition. The actual citation and medal have long disappeared and nobody in the family now knows anything about this, but it is really to find out why Eyemouth was used and where they were taking the ammo. Sounds as if there was quite a few ships involved.
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http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/search-results.asp?searchtype=browserefine&query=last_name%3dbremner&catid=45&pagenumber=1&querytype=1&mediaarray=*
He probably has a mercantile marine medal card too....if you have a place of birth this should tie it down
Ady
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Thanx, this looks promising
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My knowledge of WW1 is not as great as my understanding of WW2.
When was the Royal Fleet Auxiliary service first created?
I recall watching a programme on TV recently. (It may have been Michael Portillo and his railway journeys) There was a special Port facility built in Kent I think it was to facilitate the rapid cross channel transport of ammunition to France during WW1. To make the operation as fast and to use as little labour as possible, the ammunition trains were driven directly on to the ships at this special england port. An early version of "Roll On Roll Off"