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Personnel => Royal Navy => Topic started by: Smudger on 20 July 2017 09:35:05 am
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First of all thanks for allowing me to join this forum. I have recently inherited me fathers medals from my mother on the edges is inscribed P/SSX 832607 E Smith AB RN I would like to find out what this means. My father was DE Smith so why was the D missing. Would be grateful for any help.
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This is his service number. It is made up of
P = shows that Portsmouth was his Port Division, for welfare, drafting etc
SS - Seaman or Stoker
X = on the post-1925 pay scale
832607 = service number
AB - Able Seaman
There is no significance in a missing initial - it is not unknown. It probably means that when the forms were filled in, your fathers name was one in a list, and the person completing the details accidentally missed out the first letter
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SS Service number is short Service and is 5 years plus 7 in reserves
Regards
James
Seaman were J
Stokers K
Regards