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Ali

Ali Report 26 Apr 2014 15:17

Please can anyone help with finding Navy record of George Ralph MORRISON born Battersea London 12-03-1900/1901

WW1 Battle of Jutland

any help would be lovely

kind regards
alison

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 26 Apr 2014 15:40

Name Morrison, George Ralph.
Official Number: J59828.
Place of Birth: Battersea, London.
Date of Birth:12 March 1901

Collection:Records of the Admiralty, Naval Forces, Royal Marines, Coastguard, and related bodies - Date range: 1916 - Reference:ADM 188/766/59828 - Subjects:Armed Forces (General) | Navy

Found on the National Archives - you can download it for £3.30

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=D6958737

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Ali

Ali Report 26 Apr 2014 16:24

Thank you very much for the info DetEcTive

I will pass this onto my husbands family, i'm sure they will be very happy

kind regards

alison

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 26 Apr 2014 16:50

We aim to please :-D

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MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 27 Apr 2014 10:42

Found a service record on FindMyPast - will send the image to Ali

Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1919

First Name George Ralph
Last Name Morrison
Year Of Birth 1901
Date Of Birth 12 Mar 1901

Year 1899-1919
Service Number J59828
Town Of Birth Battersea
County Of Birth London
Country Of Birth England

Archive Reference ADM 188/766/59828
Record set Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1919
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Record collection Service Records
Collections from Great Britain

His service seems to commence 25 Sep 1916.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 27 Apr 2014 11:27

That seems to be the same Archive Reference as the one from the NA.
Good find MC :-)

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Ali

Ali Report 27 Apr 2014 19:26

Bless you , thank you so much x