British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1939
Added this week are 93,000 records from ADM362 for 1925 to 1939 and 29,000 records from ADM363 between 1925 and 1929.
In both additions, transcriptions and images of the original, you’ll find a letter code that aligns with each service number. This code helps define the serviceman’s role as follows:
F – Fleet Air Arm.
J – Seaman and Communications Branch.
K – Stokers.
L – Officers’ Cooks and Stewards.
M – Miscellaneous.
SS – Short Service, Seamen and Stokers.
SSX – Short Service Seamen.
Pensioners – no prefix.
To search these records, use the advanced search page and filter to series ADM362 for the 1925-1939 additions, or ADM363 for the 1925-1929 additions. They’re a continuation of FMP’s 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 Cards & Files, 1840-1920
Nearly 6,000 officer card transcriptions for the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Women’s Royal Naval Service. Find name, birth date and place, rank and service number.