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Offline debz40

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« on: Tuesday 11 September 12 19:44 BST (UK) »
Can anyone help me.. My great Uncles father Robinson Walker marries in 1915 and on the marriage certificate it gives as his rank and profession as - on active service R.N.S.B.R... and residence as R.N. Barracks Chatham... Can anyone tell me what the abreviation R.N.S.B.R stands for..
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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 11 September 12 19:55 BST (UK) »
If he came from Yeadon Leeds he was a Sick Berth Attendant (medic) and I think it will be Royal Navy Sick Berth??? It may be an A  for attendant?

His record is downloadable on Docs Online Number M9096  and his Medal Index Card ADM 171 is on Ancestry

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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 11 September 12 20:15 BST (UK) »
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