WWll Records Oliver Gordon Nicholls

[Gordon K Nicholls]

My Father served on Merchant ships during World War 2. He amused my sister and I with many yarns and stories about his experiances. When he passed away back in 1979 I recieved his medals among some other artifacts. My mother had kept his seamen's book from his WWll days and his Seamen's book from his Peace time sailing on the great Lakes. When my mother passed away in 1995 my sister and I believed that my father's WWll book was among the photos and albums that we had now inherited. How ever after several moves, I have discovered that the Seamens books that would list the ships my father sailed on during WWll and Peacetime to be only one or two pages of peace time fragments. My sister is either in B.C. or N.S. not communicating. I am trying to find out where I can if possable obtain a copy of these records for my records. Any help is appreciatted Thanks.

[Roger]

Hello and welcome
There you go
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=-3378416&CATLN=7&Highlight=%2CNICHOLLS%2CO&accessme thod=0

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=8124623&CATLN=6& accessmethod=5

If you need help to obtain these documents or you are not sure of the protocol, just make another post.

Roger

[Gordon K Nicholls]

Thankyou Roger. I do need some help and am very unsure of the protocol. I would really appreciate any and all help in this issue. Thanks.

Gordon K. Nicholls

[Hugh]

Hello Gordon and welcome.
If you are unable to visit Kew then read on.

You will have to go through the paid for research service see link below. The cost is £15 for 15 mins research. However, given the references that Roger has supplied should minimise the time taken to do this.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/g...nu_research0_h

His seaman's pouch is in this file at Kew BT 372/734/69

His CRS 10 (service record) is held at Kew in file BT 382/1318

If you fill in this form and ask for an estimate for copying "BT 372/734/69 the Seaman's Pouch for R311135 NICHOLLS O G 30/12/1924 ONTARIO and BT 382/1318 the CRS 10 for R311135 NICHOLLS O G 30/12/1924 ONTARIO"

They will contact you by email giving you an estimate before proceeding with the order. Hope that helps.
Regards

[Gordon K Nicholls]

Thankyou will proceed as soon as possable.

[Ray Buck]

Gordon
If this is your person then There is an Oliver Nicholls recorded on the ancestry web site aboard the Canadian vessel “SS Maid of Stirling” owners were Stirling Shipping Co Halifax N.S. which arrived New York 22nd March 1942 from the port of Digby N.S. he signed on in Digby, 17th March as an Oiler 1944. aged 19 years ( Making his DoB about 1924 /5 ) with one year at sea, he was 5’ – 9” in height and weight was 140 lbs, nationality given as Canadian. He left the ship before she sailed on the 25th March 1944
Ray