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Series
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Rolls of Honour, Wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
Catalogue reference: BT 339
What's it about?
BT 339
Volumes which lists the dead, and missing presumed dead, from the ranks of the merchant marine fleets during the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 339
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Rolls of Honour, Wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1866-1970
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Description (What the record is about)
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Volumes which lists the dead, and missing presumed dead, from the ranks of the merchant marine fleets during the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Each volume presents surnames of the deceased in alphabetical order. Pieces 5 and 6 concern the War of 1914-1918.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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See also the Merchant Seamen prisoner of war records in BT 373
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- General Register and Record Office of Seamen, 1835-1872
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 8 volume(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2000 Registry of Shipping and Seamen
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1866-1970
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No future accruals expected
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- All existing rolls of honour have been preserved.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen was created in 1872 and became the Registry of Shipping and Seamen in 1992. Details of sub-departmental administration concerning these records have not survived.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3375/
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