A sample of RS3 pouches for seamen.

A sample of RS3 pouches for seamen's records, these pouches have been used as dividers and have white paper stuck to them obscuring some of the data such as names. Discharge numbers R116004-R117406.

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/4/22
Catalogue Section: Public records: records of the central administration of the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 folder; 15 pages
Date made: 1941-1947
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London