Mercantile Marine & Royal Navy Medals
MERCHANY NAVY PERSONAL DISCHARGE BOOK Page 1
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Original Discharge Book and Certificate as Lifeboatman to Master Mariner WILLIAM ADRIAN HANNAH O.B.E.
SHIPS MASTER MARINER & ORDER BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL
Discharge Number 875460. Born 1898 Grangemouth. The Discharge book begins January 1917 when William was an apprentice, age 18 years old and ends in 1938 with William on City of Khios the ship he served throughout WW2. During the war in slow convoy SC118 of 60 merchant ships took part in one of the most brutal convoy battles of the war with 11 ships sunk by German U-boats one more by collision and 3 U-boats sunk by the escorts. During WW1 William was on the Branksome Hall when she was hit but not sunk by a German torpedo.
With the Discharge Book and Certificate as Lifeboatman come copy Master and Mate certificates, copy BT382 cards, list of all City of Khios sailing during WW2, copy marriage certificate and from Seedies list his Order of the British Empire entry.
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Original Discharge Book to JOHN STANLEY REED. and Merchant Navy badge awarded in April 1944.
Discharge Number R270271. Born 1925 in Sunderland. The Discharge book begins in April 1942 two months after Johns 17th birthday. John served on Merchant ships for the Invasion of France going over to Normandy from June to August 1944.
Discharge book comes with medal roll, details of convoys he was on, copy records from BT372 for John,
Johns brother was killed during the German raids on Sunderland in the Battle of Britain and is remembered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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