One CRS 71 forms for Amendment of BSIC.

A CRS 71 form, for Benjamin Stokes Amendment of BSIC dated 20 September 1943.

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/4/13
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder; 1 page
Date made: 1941-1947
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London