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Thank you for all help given. I received a very prompt response from the Royal Pioneer Corps association which included a War Diary attachment which showed exactly where 826 Coy were. Most helpful! and only took a couple of hours to get back to me. 21 Jun 44 Moved to BOTLEY 29 Jun 44 Landed CREPON, ...

Thanks for your help. Shame the records are only available at the National Archives. Somewhere I will need to visit one day. In your experience how much relevant detail would I get for his company - would the size of 826 be liable to be a company of up to 200+ strong and based in the same place or a...

I have been trying to find out information about the Army Service Career of Samuel Trimble 1922 from Salford. I have already posted in general enquiries re his Merchant Navy Service and am awaiting response from Southampton Archives re Merchant records. I have Sam's service records and together with...

Thank you Sally. Your last reply really nails down an excellent contact and the place the look. The 4th Register of Merchant Seamen held in Southampton. I will certainly contact them and let you know what results they can provide.
Paul

Forgot to say that Sam seems to have got engaged to me mum Irene Moss around October 1942, and that that they married in April 1943. Sam suffered from a burst appendix in June 1943 and whilst off strength convalescing at Camberwell my mum visited. 9 months later my brother was born!

Thanks Sally, He was only in the Merchant Navy for a short period of time. In the past I thought this might have been from before 1939. However the fact that he was a Ice Cream assistant on the 1939 register leads me to believe that he might have joined as a Merchant Seaman early October 1939. He se...

Thank you for your two replies. I have checked through a lot of the info. 'Unfortunately' the Sam Trimble you mention is not my Dad. My dad was a merchant seaman and so his sister ship is liable (but not certain) to have been one of those that was sunk by the Graf Spee. Or this may have been an exag...

I am looking for any information about my dad's service as a Merchant Seaman. At the moment I am writing a biographical booklet about Sam and his wife Irene, ready for the 100th Anniversary of my mum's birth in May. I know only a few facts about my Dad's naval experiences as he died in 1989 before I...

Thank you for your reply. I will send you my contact info by personal message over the next few days. I did a lot of work on John Moah and his brother Charles from whom my wife is directly descended. I read several newspaper articles. When attending a family wedding in Chester I also found the build...

Thanks Avaline, It just proves that finding evidence is not easy. Even putting Moa in finds all sort of irrelevant hits. The Store Keeper article has John giving evidence in a trial for theft. I have looked through most of the Newspaper listings on FMP today and find that John was appointed to his p...