Ings, Derek, BISN Co. Officer: Ephemera from 1945.

4 Merchant navy leave certificates, SS CHANTILLY; Typed record of miles run between 6 February and 19 June 1945; 15 Shore leave passes / crew / personnel passes for Bombay, Prince of Wales Pier, Casablanca, Takoradi, Lagos, Naples, Newport Docks, Port of Cochin, Panama Canal, Algiers and Port Said; Copy of a signal from the Ministry of War Transport, London, received in Gibraltar, May 1945, regarding ‘Victory Holiday’ double sea pay and extra leave; VE Day Dinner Menu, SS CHANTILLY, with many signatures on verso; Typed copy of message of thanks from the Admiralty to Merchant Navy, 9 May 1945; Whist score sheets from the CHANTILLY; Ticket for Twelfth Night 24 May, attached to pamphlet of the Gibraltar Literary and Debating Society; Certificate stating that Derek Ings is not a member of the Armed Forces, 26 May, Gibraltar, with a portrait photograph and provisional pass in Spanish attached; Ings’s list of personal belongings, 9 June; Theatre programme “What a Shower” by the Chantilly Raindrops 24 July; Typed record of miles run between 9 July and 25 September; Launch Service notice, list of leaving times, CHANTILLY 9 August; Typed message of thanks from Minister of War Transport Alfred Barnes, to British Merchant Ships, 17 August; CHANTILLY menu 18 August; Theatre programme ‘The Chantilliers present “You’ve Had It!”’, 17 September; Note from Superintendent, Mercantile Marine Office 3 October to the CHANTILLY; Customs declaration for $1.90, 27 November, MS CHANDA; Christmas card to parents from New York aboard MS CHANDA; Typed copy of wireless message from King George via the Admiralty, London, to Merchant Ships, 25 December received on MS CHANDA; British India Menu, CHANDA, Christmas Day (annotated: "Spent at sea, North Pacific"); Far Eastern Shipping Agencies, Circular letter to Master of SS CHANDA, Shanghai, 28 December.

Record Details

Item reference: DRI/4
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: FILE
Extent: 1 folder: 40 items
Date made: 1945
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London