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From: "Vin Faris" <>
Subject: RE: [Mar] Passports for Sailors circa 1900
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 10:45:50 -0500
In-Reply-To: <000001c3d03d$9ea805e0$ed807ad5@oemcomputer>


Happy New Year to all.

Pauline,

I served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 until 1991 and never had a passport.
In place of a passport all I needed to carry was my military id card and
a copy of my orders or leave papers. I have traveled through England,
western Europe, and all the European countries bordering the Med with
only my military id card, and the official papers mentioned. Never had a
problem.

Vin Faris
Fort Myers, Fl




-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Cave [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 2:57 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Mar] Passports for Sailors circa 1900

Hi Pauline,

As a member of His Majesty's Forces in normal circumstances he wouldn't
have
needed a passport.

If however he were detailed to join a ship in a foreign port and had to
make
his own way out there by civilian transport then he would have required
a
passport. This did not tend to happen (to the best of my knowledge) in
the
time frame you mention.

Post WWII however, during the 'cold war', men were often flown out to
join a
ship on a foreign station, and required a passport in order to fly by
Britannia Airways, BOAC, or whatever. In which case they travelled in
civilian clothes, as government servants. The passports were applied for
in
the usual way, although they were actually arranged in bulk through the
Admiralty.
HTH
Brian

----- Original Message -----
From: "pauline anns" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 1:07 AM
Subject: [Mar] Passports for Sailors circa 1900


> Hi listers
> Wishing you all that you wish for for yourselves in 2004
> Now I know there are a lot of very knowledgeable folks on this list
but
please forgive me if I am asking dumb questions which are these:-
> 1) If a chap joined the Navy (Royal OR Merchant) in 1900 - 1930 would
he
have applied for a passport himself or was that done by the Navy on his
behalf(presuming that he needed one of course)
> 2) If he didn't need one in that time span can anyone tell me when
they
DID
> 3) Are there any records available anywhere on-line that I could
search
before I visit Kew
> Thanking you in advance
> Pauline
>
>
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