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thanks for the info les , any idea where i can get hold of his service records as the NA turns up nothing

leonard

PS the peacetime crew usually stayed with the ship so he may been a fisherman before the war.

PS the peacetime crew usually stayed with the ship so he may been a fisherman before the war.

The Royal Naval Reserve in both world wars were professional sailors from the Merchant Navy and fishing fleets.called up for the duration of hostilities (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve were civilians). The main function of HM Trawlers was minesweeping, manned by fishermen as the two activities were similar.

The two services were amalgamated into the modern RNR

Leonard

I dont know if this helps or not.

I checked out the record of the person named above him, his transcript does not include the Star medal.
But i can see what you mean, the st could belong to either not being inline


This is the transcript of the other one

UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972
about Richard Roberts
Name: Richard Roberts
Medal or Award: Victory Medal, British War Medal
Service Year: 1914-1920
Service Location: Europe
Campaign or Service: World War I
Service Number: 13330/Da

George

thank you very much george for the image and to you as well shirley
leonard

ps that was the record that ive lost , but on looking at it im not sure if he was awarded the star as the initials st is not in line with his name compared with others on the list ?

leonard

Leonard

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George

UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972
about Richard Roberts
Name: Richard Roberts
Medal or Award: Star, Victory Medal, British War Medal
Service Year: 1914-1920
Service Location: Europe
Campaign or Service: World War I
Service Number: 5818/Ts

George


I will send you the image by PM

thanks shirley , i have all this info ,its the medal roll that that im looking for i have seen it and copied it but for some reason i now cant find it nor can find it again online ,it may have been through ancestry but i no longer subscribe there
i know it does exist as i asked for help in decphiing some lettering in one of the columns ( just looked up the old post to see if i was genius enough to have put up the image, but i wasnt )

leonard

UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919 about Richard Roberts
Name: Richard Roberts
Rank: Trimmer
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1880
Birth Place: Holyhead
Branch of Service: Royal Naval Reserve
Cause of Death: Killed or died as a direct result of enemy action
Official Number Port Division: 5818 T.S. (Po)
Death Date: 22 May 1917
Ship or Unit: HM Trawler Merse
Location of Grave: Not recorded
Name and Address of Cemetery: Body Not Recovered For Burial
Relatives Notified and Address: Wife: Catherine, 5 Baker Street, Holyhead

Using his service number as part of the search doesnt bring any medal card up for him

from CWGC
ROBERTS, RICHARD

Rank:
Trimmer
Service No:
5818TS
Date of Death:
22/05/1917
Age:
37
Regiment/Service:
Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Trawler "Merse."
Panel Reference
28.
Memorial
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of David Roberts of Holyhead; husband of Catherine Roberts, of 5, Baker St., Holyhead

hello can someone please do a medal index card or medal rolll look up for me ( i have lost my copy ) its for a Richard Roberts,
Trimmer, 5818TS, RNR, HMTrawler Merse. Died, aged, 37, on 22 May 1917 .

one of the reasons im as asking is i was looking richard up on a website for holyhead cenotaph ( which i contributed some info and a pic of him ) the site owner has said that he was awarded the 14 star ,
so i was curious and went to find my record for richard and its gone so need a look up done to confirm if hes awarded the 14 star so i can try and find out what a naval man was doing to earn it ( as far as i was aware he was naval reserve )
so any help would be most useful

leonard