A sample of CRS 54 records surnames beginning with F.

C.R.S. 54: Entry form to merchant navy reserve pool when not direct from se-going employment.
This form is a discharge from Merchant Navy on leave and entry into the Merchant Navy Reserve Pool while the seaman was on shore. Surname beginning with F.

Administrative / biographical background
In 1941 the Essential Work Order created a Merchant Navy Reserve Pool. To ensure that the seamen were avaliable to man vessels, the Government paid them to remain in the Reserve Pool when they were assure.

Record Details

Item reference: RSS/RP/3/6
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder; 14 pages
Date made: 1941-1972
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London