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World War Two / Re: new york coast guard
« on: Monday 16 September 13 23:20 BST (UK) »There are several references to " Gribben J " in Merchant Navy records in The National Archives catalogue. I don't know if any of the persons in the link is your man.had a look at the archives on line. thank you but not relevant to my man he was Scottish born 1909 and entered ww11 1941 but thank you
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_q=%22gribben+j%22&_cr1=bt&_cr2=&_cr3=
If he was in the Army, there is a chance that he belonged to one of the Royal Artillery Maritime Regiments. These personal were what is known as "DEMS" gunners. DEMS = Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship.
For legal reasons he was part of the ships crew and would have signed the vessels Crew Agreement as a deckhand.