Ings, Derek, BISN Co. Officer: Ephemera - no date.

1. Advert for ‘Jock MacPherson’ Marks and Spencers of Egypt.
2. List of ‘Vessels Boarded So Far’, typed, with annotations.
3. Merchant Service Club, Colombo, plan of fort area, list of venues and activities available.
4. H Ganny & Co Naval Tailors & Outfitters card.
5. Part of a currency exchange slip, CHANTILLY.
6. Algiers Shore Leave Pass. ‘If you know something – KEEP IT DARK’.
7. Police notice, Nigeria, concerning rabies.
8. Shore Pass, SS QUEDA, Dutch (?).
9. “In Bund’s” Comfort Bar business card with map.
10. British India Co. House Flag bookmark.
11. Pamphlet guide to Bombay ‘The Gateway of India’.
12. Map Guide to Madras. Brightly coloured.
13. Police notice to the Navy about pimps and touts, and warnings against bad behaviour. Algiers, CHANTILLY. Stapled.
14. Ministry of War transport notice, Middle East, about areas and establishments in and out of bounds.
15. Port of Casablanca, CHANTILLY crew pass.
16. Lyrics to ‘Lily Marlene’, hand written and typed copies; The shanty of Chantilly ‘A Sea Shant-(ill)-y’, typed; ‘The Meddlesome Mate’ poem, typed; ‘A question to the Brains Trust’ joke about a duck’s bottom, typed; ‘Why I Cling to Life’ extract from a Durban paper ‘Christmas Pie 1941’, typed.
17. Shore leave pass, New York.
18. Hand written note “Joined in Falmouth…” list of places called at, note about son being well and happy. Verso, typed ‘Memorandum for internal use’.
19. Pamphlet for Merchant Navy Club, Hyde Park, Sydney.
20. Pamphlet, the Normandie guide to Calcutta.
21. Merchant Navy guide to Karachi.
22. Pamphlet, about the Orient Line to Australia, 1878-1947, illustrated.
23. Invitation card to Merchant Navy Officers’ (United Nations) Club, Gibraltar.
24. Gold Mohur Bathing Club. Memo from P&O House, Aden.
25. Business card B.I. Leather Goods, Bombay.
26. Business card R.G. Deen & Bros., Madras. Tailor.
27. Pamphlet – Notes for Troops Proceeding to North Africa.
28. Guide to Antwerp. General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd.

Record Details

Item reference: DRI/6
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: FILE
Extent: 1 folder: 28 items
Date made: circa 1943-1946
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London