This Findmypast Friday set sail with brand new Royal Navy records
Explore thousands more Royal Navy records this Findmypast Friday
British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1939
We’ve added new records for two separate sets into this collection.
The first 93,000 new records cover the years 1925-1939. You’ll normally see an ancestor’s full name, birth year, birthplace and service number on these Royal Navy Seamen’s Services Continuous Record cards.
Next into the same collection, 29,000 Registers of Seamans’ Services have been added for 1925-1929. After 1925, the Royal Navy introduced a new payroll system, and the Admiralty wished to distinguish new naval recruits under a new pay code. Here, you’ll find a letter that aligns with each service number: using that code, you can define the serviceman’s role.
To search these records, use the advanced search page and filter to series ADM362 for the 1925-1929 additions, or ADM363 for the 1925-1939 additions. They’re a continuation of our British Royal Navy Seamen 1899-1924 collection, so if your ancestor did join before 1925, you may have already found them here.
Royal Navy Officers’ Service Record Cars & Files, 1840-1920
Brand new this week, this collection contains nearly 6,000 officer cards spanning 80 years. It includes the Royal Navy, but also the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Women’s Royal Naval Service. You should find your ancestor’s service number, and their rank within their corps.
Newspapers
Two brand new titles and updates to 43 more make up this week’s newspaper releases.
New titles:
- Esher News and Mail, 1946, 1950-1951, 1955, 1958-1959, 1961, 1964-1965
- Macclesfield Times, 1949
Updated titles:
- Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser, 1956, 1958, 1973
- Bebington News, 1995, 1997
- Birkenhead News, 1997
- Birmingham Weekly Post, 1900
- Blairgowrie Advertiser, 1995
- Brentwood Gazette, 1997
- Bristol Evening Post, 1963, 1970
- Caterham Mirror, 1996
- Chester Chronicle, 1923-1924, 1927-1928, 1933, 1935-1936, 1948, 1952, 1954-1955, 1957, 1962-1963
- Chester Chronicle (Frodsham & Helsby edition), 1995-1996
- Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, 1996
- Ely Town Crier, 1994
- Evening Despatch, 1905
- Formby Times, 1996
- Grimsby Daily Telegraph, 1998
- Hinckley Times, 1915
- Horley & Gatwick Mirror, 1996
- Horncastle Target, 1995
- Ilfracombe Chronicle, 1877
- Irvine Herald, 1996
- Kent & Sussex Courier, 1997
- Leatherhead Advertiser, 1995-1996
- Loughborough Echo, 1913
- Manchester Evening News, 1900
- North Wales Weekly News, 1996
- Nottingham Evening Post, 1974-1976, 1978
- Nottingham Guardian, 1956, 1961, 1963-1964, 1967, 1969-1971
- Ormskirk Advertiser, 1997, 1999
- Ripley Express, 1993
- Royston and Buntingford Mercury, 1996
- Ruislip & Northwood Gazette, 1996
- Runcorn & Widnes Herald & Post, 1996
- Runcorn Guardian, 1967, 1969, 1971
- Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, 1980, 1990, 1996-1997
- Southport Visiter, 1996-1997
- Staines Informer, 1996
- Stanmore Observer, 1996-1997
- Stockport Express Advertiser, 1994
- Stockport Times, 1996-1997
- Sunbury & Shepperton Herald, 1996
- Sutton Coldfield Observer, 1997
- Torbay Express and South Devon Echo, 1937
- Uckfield Courier, 1997
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