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World War Two / Re: new york coast guard
« on: Monday 16 September 13 23:20 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: seaweed on Monday 16 September 13 08:30 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.
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.
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

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World War Two / Re: new york coast guard
« on: Monday 16 September 13 23:19 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Erato on Sunday 15 September 13 23:10 BST (UK)
I don't think this card identifies him as the Captain of the Port.  Rather, it was issued to him by the Captain of the Port to identify him as a mariner employed by Cunard White Star Ltd.  The US Coast Guard was in charge of defense in US ports and coastal waters.

http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/h_CGatwar.asp
that makes things a lot clearer now thank you

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World War Two / Re: new york coast guard
« on: Sunday 15 September 13 20:25 BST (UK)  »
this is the only thing that says anything about that he was in the british army which seems strange to be captain of the port of new York. however, anything at all relating to this would be appreciated.
this is just a card about the same size of a credit card the other side has his photo and fingerprint

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World War Two / new york coast guard
« on: Sunday 15 September 13 19:42 BST (UK)  »
does anyone know anything about british army  in relation to the port of new York coast guard 1942
my father in law who died in 1972 has a card stating that he was the captain of the port of new York 1942. any idea where I could find out more information.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: help please to read this??????????
« on: Sunday 15 September 13 15:46 BST (UK)  »
oh I understand now thank you for all your help

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: help please to read this??????????
« on: Sunday 15 September 13 15:41 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Gadget on Sunday 15 September 13 15:32 BST (UK)
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so in what way could Scotland people help if that was the handwriting of the registrar at the time 1890 sorr if that seems a stupid question


Gadget

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: help please to read this??????????
« on: Sunday 15 September 13 15:27 BST (UK)  »
yes it was from scotlands people though I have his marriage cert from Ireland 1871 he died Lanarkshire 1890 did not know that scotlands people could do that in fact the whole certificate has writing like this but was too large a file for me to upload here

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / help please to read this??????????
« on: Sunday 15 September 13 15:17 BST (UK)  »
can anyone please help me to read this writing on the certificate of my grt grandfathers death
I cannon understand the maiden name of josephs mother

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Completed Census Requests / Re: ancestry.co.uk
« on: Friday 19 February 10 23:46 GMT (UK)  »
many thanks
have had a quick look at both as i need the one who will offer more results for the scots and irish but i take on board what has been said here.
its so frustrating when you hit a brick wall especially trying to find the irish marriages dating back to 1868  .aaarrhhh!!

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