MIC for Mercantile Marine

[bobpike]

Can anyone please tell me where one accesses MIC for Mercantile Marine Reserve, please, specifically for :-

PALMER

Initials: E T

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Second Engineer

Regiment: Mercantile Marine Reserve

Unit Text: H.M.S. "Zaida,"

Date of Death: 15/10/1916

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: 35. 23042.

[Sgt York]

Go to the link below at the National Archives, Bob.

Regards,

Ronnie.

http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov....%2Ehtm&lBack=-1

3. First World War

There were four medals awarded to merchant seamen during the First World War:

The 1914-1915 Star

The British War Medal

The Victory Medal

The Mercantile Marine Medal

Awards of the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914-1915 Star to men of the Mercantile Marine Reserve and to officers and men of the Royal Naval Reserve are available on microfilm and are in ADM 171 .

Records of the Mercantile Marine Medal, awarded to those with sea service of not less than six months between 4 August 1914 and 11 November 1918, and who served at sea on at least one voyage through a danger zone, are available on microfiche in BT 351 . All recipients of the Mercantile Marine Medal were automatically entitled to the British War Medal; details are also in BT 351 .

Many merchant navy officers and men received naval gallantry awards during the First World War. Records of these can be found in the series Admiralty and Secretariat Cases (ADM 116 , code 85). Lists and indexes to these records are in Admiralty and Secretariat: Indexes and Compilations Series III (ADM 12 ). Further material may be found in ADM 137 . Rolls of Honour, 1914-1918, from the ranks of the merchant marine fleet are in BT 339 .

[bobpike]

Ronnie,

that's really helpful, many thanks. I've passed it on to the lady researching her relative. Most kind,

Bob