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Ancestry look up, please.

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Hilary

Hilary Report 25 Apr 2018 16:26

Could someone please look up Royal Navy records for Neil Primrose Wenn, done the search but not a member. Seems alot in journals but says in German, if so don't go into all those as I can't read German. He is on the Memorial in Friday Bridge & says O.B.E. how can I find what he got that for.
Thankyou.

malyon

malyon Report 25 Apr 2018 16:31

this might help mentions him obe for his devotion to the landings in north africa

http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Cambridgeshire/GallantryCitationsandAwards/Names-W.html

Hilary

Hilary Report 25 Apr 2018 16:37

I had seen that, just wondered if I could find out more info, thankyou anyway.

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 25 Apr 2018 16:54

The Ancestry record

Name: Neil Primrose Wenn
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 13 Feb 1910
Birth Place: Friday Bridge, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
First Service Date: 10 Aug 1926
First Ship Served On: Ganges
Last Service Date: 29 Dec 1927
Last Ship Served On: Resolution
Service Number: JX 127643

Dark brown hair, brown eyes.

malyon

malyon Report 25 Apr 2018 17:07

just said he got obe for his devotion to the landings

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 25 Apr 2018 17:55

The original on Ancestry says that he served:
Ganges, 10 Aug '26 as Boy 2
Ganges, 13 March '27- 1 May '27 as Boy 1
Benbone, 2 May '27-16 Nov. '27, Boy 1
Pembroke 1, 17 Nov. '27-29 Dec. '27, Boy 1
Resolution, 30 Dec. '27-, Boy 1
Resolution, 13 Feb. '28-, Ordinary Seaman

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Hilary

Hilary Report 25 Apr 2018 18:14

Thankyou everyone.