I am trying to find what happened to my brother in law's relative John Henry Thomas McIntyre. dob Oct 1903. Served on the Walmer Castle in September 1927 and then all trace is lost. Can anyone advise how we find if he died on board or if he may have dies in South Africa? Thanks if you can advise.
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Suggest you google Union-Castle archives - there is a row of links, one of them is bound to have staffing records.
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Sadly I have not been able to find a crew register for 1927. Most of these sites are circular and only lead to advertisements.
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Try Register of Shipping and Seamen. Only the Captain and a few others were on permanent contracts, the others would be covered by Agreement with Crew which ran from voyage to voyage, I think these were registered.
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Many thanks for that. I think that may be a trip to the National Archives.
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