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205831 Firemn. Sidney Andrew Watkins Merchant Navy SS. Fort Brandon from:55 Brighton Rd. Eastham, London Looking for anyone who served with my father, Sidney A. Watkins,in the Merchant Navy. I have his war payslips from nine vessels he served on whilst in merchant navy; SS Tudor Star,SS Fort Brandon, SS Vimeira, SS Lornaston, SS Calgary, SS Norman Star, SS Port Sydney, SS Ocean Volga, SS Oceanfame, SS Empire Pibroch While serving on SS Tudor Star he got a letter from the Admiralty thanking the crew for shooting down enemy planes on 4th February 1941. I am trying to build a family tree and fill in missing links through war years, before he came to New Zealand in 1947/8 aboard the SS. Port Maquarie. I am trying to establish, for his children, grand and great grand childern, this part of his history. I would be grateful for any information anyone can provide Barry Watkins Add to this record.  Additional Information: My father William Whitfield was 1st radio officer on "Ocena Fame" and "Empire Pibroch" towards the end of the war and at wars end. He sailed on "Ocean Fame" from the 8th of March 1945, the outward convoy was ON 290 and she arrived in Hampton Roads on the 30th. From there she crossed the Atlantic in an American convoy UGS 85.She sailed back to America with convoy GUS 90 arriving in the Delaware on the 2nd of June 1945.From there she sailed independently back across the Atlantic to Gibraltar and Safi before returning home to Cardiff. William sailed on the Empire Pibroch from the 15th of November 1945 to the 23rd of March 1946. His previous ships were City of Florence, Brynmor, Cragpool, Empire Grebe, Domby, Danby, Liberian, and Empire Voice from November 1939.Reply Related Content: SS Tudor Rose SS. Fort Brandon SS Vimeira SS Lornaston SS Calgary SS Norman Star SS Port Sydney SS Ocean Volga SS Oceanfame SS Empire Pibroch Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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