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A sample of CRS 54 records surnames beginning with V.

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 V.

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.
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Record Details

Item reference: RSS/RP/3/22
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder; 3 pages
Date made: 1941-1972
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London