A Few of the Many - Mercantile Marine Reserve

A Few of the Many - Mercantile Marine Reserve

One of the least understood Naval Formations of the War were the men of the Mercantile Marine Reserve. Merchant sailors serving aboard Admiralty vessels, they served on supply vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxilliary as well as being mingled with other Navy Ratings on other ships. They remain mostly absent from this memorial as although it could be assumed they would be found under the Merchant Navy Seeds (those men awarded the Mercantile Medal by the Board of Trade) many are not. This small selection of lives highlights just a few. If you are interested in researching these men they have medal rolls at the National Archives that can be downloaded free of charge (at time of writing), these can also be searched on ancestry with a subscription. Officers ADM 171/93 Ratings A-Fou ADM 171/130, Fow-Mea ADM 171/131, Meb-War ADM 171/132, Wat-Z ADM 171/133 and a roll for locally enrolled "Native" sailors from other parts of Empire and beyond ADM 171/134 Some of these men will appear in BT 350 - Registry of Shipping and Seamen: Register of Seamen, Special Index, Alphabetical Series (CR 10) which can be searched through findmypast

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  • Profile picture for William Richard Radford

    Born 1901

    Died 1919

    Other Empire Force 876826 Ordinary Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve

  • Profile picture for Alfred Edward Spindley

    Born 1880

    Died 1919

    Other Empire Force Engineman Mercantile Marine Reserve - HMS Eaglet

    Other Empire Force Engineman Mercantile Marine Reserve

  • Profile picture for Richard Cartwright

    Born 1870

    Died 1915

    Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M. Yacht "Helga"

  • Born 1880

    Died 1916

    Royal Navy Greaser Mercantile Marine Reserve

    Royal Navy Greaser Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M.S. "Armadale Castle"

  • Born 1900

    Royal Navy J82586

    Royal Navy 981268 Mercantile Marine Reserve

  • Profile picture for Bertram Wheeler Mason

    Born 1895

    Died 1915

    Other Empire Force Writer Mercantile Marine Reserve

  • Profile picture for Nathaniel Thomas Cruttenden

    Born 1900

    Died 1969

    Other Empire Force 883542 Greaser Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

    Royal Navy 883542 Greaser Mercantile Marine Reserve

  • Profile picture for Richard Hyde

    Born 1899

    Died 1972

    Other Empire Force 911967 Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve

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