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Series
Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Index of First World War Mercantile Marine Medals...
Catalogue reference: BT 351
What's it about?
BT 351
The records were used to confirm applications for medals, to determine the award and to record the issue of medals to individual seamen. All recipients of Mercantile Marine Medals were automatically entitled to the British War Medal and this...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BT 351
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Title (The name of the record)
- Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Index of First World War Mercantile Marine Medals and the British War Medal
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914-1925
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Description (What the record is about)
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The records were used to confirm applications for medals, to determine the award and to record the issue of medals to individual seamen. All recipients of Mercantile Marine Medals were automatically entitled to the British War Medal and this index additionally records its issue. The index details the seaman’s name and details of the medals awarded.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Alphabetically by surname.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For the Albert Medal Register see: BT 97
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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)
- Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, 1872-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 microform
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Available in digital format only
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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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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred from The Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen to the Registry of Shipping in 1992.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- Series ran 1914-1925
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- No further accruals expected.
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- Microfiche copies of original card index. Original records have not 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 formally established by the Merchant Shipping Act 1872 under the governance of the Board of Trade. By 1888 RGSS had five divisions: Registration of Shipping; Royal Naval Reserve; Masters Mates Engineers and Skippers; Ships Employment and Records. In 1939 RGSS was transferred to from the Board of Trade to the Ministry of Shipping and in 1941 to the Ministry of War Transport. In 1946 it became part of the Marine Crews Division of the Ministry of Transport, moved back to the Board of Trade in 1965 and was absorbed into the Department of Trade and Industry in 1970. In 1975 it moved to the Department of Trade and then in 1984 returned to the Department of Transport. In 1992 it became part of the Marine Safety Agency and was renamed the Registry of Shipping. In 1997 both of these bodies came under the governance of the Department of the Environment Transport and the Regions.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3387/
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