Registry of Shipping and Seamen: War of 1939-1945

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Member Since: November 2005 Posts: 824 Send Message	HeadStone	Report	15 Aug 2009 19:32
	Hello all, I am searching for the Service Number of Henry Joseph Burford. According to Ancestry,: Henry Joseph Burford Birth Date: abt 1921 Age: 18 Port of Departure: La Plata, Argentina Arrival Date: 30 Oct 1939 Port of Arrival: London, England Ports of Voyage: La Plata and Rio de Janeiro Ship Name: Highland Chieftain Search Ship Database: View the 'Highland Chieftain' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Shipping Line: Royal Mail Lines Ltd Official Number: 148161 Using this information and searching the National Archives I have come across this: Record Summary Scope and content 148155; 148158; 148159; 148161 Covering dates 1939 Jan 01 - 1939 Dec 31 Availability Open Document, Open Description, Normal Closure before FOI Act: 30 years Held by The National Archives, Kew It becomes a bit confusing after this as I would like to find out what his Service Number was and whether or not they then hold any further details on him. Has anyone requested this kind of details from them and would know what I could expect from the files. Thanks Paul