The information in these records can include: When searching by service numbers which include letters, leave a space between the numbers and the letters if you are unsure whether the letters should be a suffix or a prefix. You do not need to fill out every field to search these records. You can search and download the records of seamen born over 100 years ago in Discovery ( £) by filling in the form below. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 you can request a review of a closed record either by writing to our Enquiry Service, The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU or by using our online contact form. More records are made available for download each year as the 100 years since date of birth passes. These closed records can still be identified using the search below but they cannot be downloaded. These records are held by The National Archives in series BT 164 and BT 377.Ī small percentage of these records, in BT 377/7, are for seamen born less than 100 years ago, including reservists who saw service in the Second World War, and are therefore not open to public inspection. By 1890 there were 20,000 men in the RNR. The RNR was established with the Naval Reserve Act of 1859 as a reserve force of seamen, extended to include officers in 1862, and men from deep-sea merchant ships who could be called upon during times of war or crisis to supplement the forces of the Royal Navy. RNR seamen’s records are prefixed or suffixed with these and other letter codes – for further details on RNR service numbers read K J Douglas-Morris, The Naval Long Service Medals (pp.282-283). The records include Mercantile reservists, Shetland Royal Naval Reservists (service numbers which include L) and reservists in the Royal Naval Reserve Trawler Section (RNR – service numbers which include DA, E, SA, SB or TS). Predominantly these cover the First World War (1914-1918). There are over 148,000 records for this period. These are a selection of service records of ratings who served in the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) between 18.
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