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merchant navy help please!

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Joan

Joan Report 7 Jul 2005 15:55

Dorothy, as an aside my grandfather was called Leo. His proper name was LEOPOLD. This might help in a search, best wishes, Joan

Dorothy

Dorothy Report 7 Jul 2005 15:11

Thanks for the help everyone, I think that the info that my mum had on him was wrong. I'll have to start looking in other areas. Thanks again

Kathleen

Kathleen Report 7 Jul 2005 04:11

There are 390 Pearson names listed on the CWGC site but none with the first (or second) name of Leo. These of course include all armed forces and civilian deaths as well as RN, MN and Marines. If you had an approximate year of death or any other name by which he might have been known it would help your search. There were only a couple with the second name of Leonard, is it possible that Leo was an abbreviation? Sorry not to be more helpful Kathleen

Keith

Keith Report 6 Jul 2005 20:23

You queried this death a little while ago, I looked on 1837 under all the variants but couldn't find anything. This may save you a fruitless search. Regards. Keith

Researching:
Fletcher May Allison Ashcroft Moore

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 6 Jul 2005 18:48

If you search the National Archives website, they have merchant seamen listed there. These are the ones they have: Results: You ran a search on 'pearson l' restricted to reference(s): 'BT372' There are 4 results within The Catalogue. Hits 1 to 4 are shown below sorted by catalogue reference. Catalogue: Sort by: Catalogue reference | Former reference | Date range | Relevance ranking Catalogue Reference Title/Scope and Content Covering Dates BT 372/1496/145 R561610 PEARSON L J 16/03/1930 FIFE 1913-1972 BT 372/1941/98 R649856 PEARSON L 15/01/1940 HAYTON 1913-1972 BT 372/2206/93 R708769 PEARSON L 23/09/1938 BIRKENHEAD 1913 - 1972 BT 372/2691/108 R830579 PEARSON L P 01/05/1949 SHIPLEY 1913 - 1972 All of these appear to be too late, unfortunately.

Merry

Merry Report 6 Jul 2005 18:14

If you use 1837online and go to the overseas section - type in Deaths, 1939 to 1945, and surname Pearson, you will get 21 pages of records to search (max cost £2.10). Some of these will obviously not be appropriate (such as Army and RAF deaths etc) but one of the rest might give the info you need. At least his name is quite unusual lol Good Luck UPDATE: but see Keith's reply further down.... Sarah

Dorothy

Dorothy Report 6 Jul 2005 18:05

I am trying to find out about my grandad, Leo Pearson. As far as my mum was told he died during the 2nd war and was in the navy but I can't find anything on him there. Someone suggested to me that he may have been in the merchant navy. Any tips would be very welcome.