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 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
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