Ammunitions from Eyemouth during WW1

[Thinlizy]

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

[lowanslow]

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

[ScouseBoy]

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.

[ScouseBoy]

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.

[Thinlizy]

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.

[mmm45]

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

[Thinlizy]

Thanx, this looks promising

[ScouseBoy]

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"