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Personnel => Royal Navy => Topic started by: Jimmanning on 03 December 2012 02:25:17 pm
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Hi,
My great uncles service number was P/MX.52387. Could anyone tell me what the letters mean please? He was a cook seaman aboard HMS Wivern and died following an attack in 1940.
Thinks.
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P - the homeport letter, in this case indicating Portsmouth
M- branch letter; in this case 'miscellaneous'; this covered a wide range of branches, including artificers, carpenters, SBA's, cooks and stewards etc etc
X - pay scale; in this case post-1925 scale
Hope this helps
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Brilliant, thank you!