Continuous Discharge Book – issued to the seamen themselves with details of the ships they served on (you may already have this).The Ministry of Defence require either of the following records as evidence of the ships a seaman served on: You may already have documents that prove this and/or you may also be able to find this proof within records held at The National Archives. To issue an Arctic Star the Ministry of Defence require proof that an individual was on a particular ship and also that the ship took part in an operation or convoy north of the Arctic Circle. Look on the GOV.UK website at the Ministry of Defence’s Veterans UK pages to find out: In December 2012 the Prime Minister announced that veterans of the Second World War Arctic Convoys were to be awarded an Arctic Star medal. Published sources may also provide information of medal or award entitlement. The original records are held in series BT 339.įor merchant marine officers who served in the Royal Naval Reserve, download and scroll through the mishmash of records, which include items of correspondence, relating to awards to Royal Naval Reserve officers (1939-1946) in BT 164/23.
You can search by name for records of merchant seamen who died in service or went ‘missing presumed dead’ in the Second World War Rolls of Honour (£) at .uk. Seamen were automatically entitled to some medals if they died in service.
Search by first and last name for records of the award of Second World War campaign medals, including the 1939-1945 Star and the War Medal but excluding the Arctic Star, which was not awarded until 2012 and for which there is a separate process (see below). Second World War campaign medals 2.1 All campaign medals except Arctic Star
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