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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Lincolnshire => England => Lincolnshire Lookup Requests => Topic started by: donm41 on Saturday 06 October 12 20:45 BST (UK)
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I've been searching for old RN shipmates for the last forty years and have had considerable success locating them across the world.
Edward Mabon born June 1943 at Newcastle upon Tyne and served on HMS 'Ark Royal' and HMS 'Collingwood' between 1959 - 1964 with me. I resurrected my search for him only two weeks ago and have found a record that he?? died at sea, aged 30 on the Ross Khartoum 181396 GY 120 registered at Grimsby on Sept 9th 1973. I have the location at sea of the geographic references where his death occurred. The usual residence quoted on my copy of the certificate was Castor Drive, Grimsby. I believe this to be a transcription error and should probably be Caistor Drive approx 4 miles from Dockyard Road. I would be grateful if any forum member has access to any historical newspaper obituaries for the period and copy them for me.
Thx
DonM41
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You could try the Grimsby local studies library - see http://www.nelincs.gov.uk/resident/libraries-and-archives/archives--local-and-family-history/local-history-library/#Newspaper
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Thanks for the speedy reply Graham.
It appears as though there is quite a lot of scope to do searches, but I was hoping for an online source to avoid travelling. As the event occurred almost 45 years ago I doubt whether there are any online sources to search.The information I have currently was obtained from 'findmypast' followed up by obtaining a death certificate from the GRO. I don't know if the electoral rolls for 1973 are available to search on line.
Regards
DonM
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If I were you, I would make a post on the Grimsby Fishing board at Ships Nostalgia
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/showthread.php?t=6320&page=82
There are several regulars on there who live in GY and have an encyclopedic knowledge of GY and its fishing industry.
If that fails to give you the answers you are looking for, the the Crew Agreements of ROSS KHARTOUM for 1973 are available from TNA Kew
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=bt99%2F6171&_sd=yyyy&_ed=yyyy&x=25&y=31
The Crew Agreement will tell you his address together with details of age, NOK etc.
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Thanks for the speedy reply Graham.
It appears as though there is quite a lot of scope to do searches, but I was hoping for an online source to avoid travelling. As the event occurred almost 45 years ago I doubt whether there are any online sources to search.The information I have currently was obtained from 'findmypast' followed up by obtaining a death certificate from the GRO. I don't know if the electoral rolls for 1973 are available to search on line.
Regards
DonM
I suggest that an email or a letter might yield some results.....
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The book No Pain, No Gain by J.L.D. Barnett says Edward Mason (you have Mabon) died on Sun 9th Sept 1973.
For some reason the system won't let me copy the link ??? ???
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Thanks for the speedy reply Graham.
It appears as though there is quite a lot of scope to do searches, but I was hoping for an online source to avoid travelling. As the event occurred almost 45 years ago I doubt whether there are any online sources to search.The information I have currently was obtained from 'findmypast' followed up by obtaining a death certificate from the GRO. I don't know if the electoral rolls for 1973 are available to search on line.
Regards
DonM
I suggest that an email or a letter might yield some results.....
Posted request for info last night with automated response this morning.
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If I were you, I would make a post on the Grimsby Fishing board at Ships Nostalgia
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/showthread.php?t=6320&page=82
There are several regulars on there who live in GY and have an encyclopedic knowledge of GY and its fishing industry.
If that fails to give you the answers you are looking for, the the Crew Agreements of ROSS KHARTOUM for 1973 are available from TNA Kew
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=bt99%2F6171&_sd=yyyy&_ed=yyyy&x=25&y=31
The Crew Agreement will tell you his address together with details of age, NOK etc.
I followed your link but my limited abiity just didn't help my searches.
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The free site Side Winder (all about Grimsby Trawlers) also has.. E Mason died Sunday 9th September 1973
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Many thanks for the responses to my request for information. After making some enquiries since my last post I contacted the Central Library who suplied the following information.
"Grimsby Telegraph 12th September.
On Sunday, deckhand Mr Edward Mabon 33, died on the Ross Khartoum shortly after it started fishing off Iceland. His body was transferred to the support ship Miranda and has been landed at Torshavn, in the Faroes, where at his family's request, he will be buried. Mr Mabon, who was a single man whose family came from Newcastle upon Tyne. He had lodged at a house in Caistor Drive, Grimsby for a numer of years. A memorial service will be held in Grimsby on Monday"
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I thought that the people who viewed my posts searching for my old oppo Eddie may be interested in an update.
I contacted the British Consul requesting if he had any information regarding the location of Eddie's grave. He was very helpful and told me that he was indeed buried in the local cemetery at Torshavn. He also told me that a local gentleman and his family 'adopted' the plot and erected a cross with his name and date of Eddie's death. He and his family have religiously tended and cared for the grave from day one and are still caring for it today.
I have received quite a poignant e-mail from him, part of which reads :-
'You probably wonder how it can be that me and my family have taken care of Edward's grave through all these years, but there is a special story which is the reason for this'. Thank you for the pictures, these are the first pictures I have seen of 'My Englishman'.
He has promised to send me 'the special story' very shortly. I am overwhelmed by the kindness of him and his family.
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Nice one. Thanks for the update.
SW