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Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	14 Sep 2004 23:31
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	I have on a birth certificate the rank and profession of a father. It reads S.B.C.P.O., R.N. I guess the R.N. stands for Royal Navy. Does anyone know what these abreviations stand for? Regards Margaret
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 1,201 Send Message	Mad Alice	Report	14 Sep 2004 23:45
Member Since: March 2004 Posts: 1,201 Send Message	I think the CPO stands for chief Petty officer. Not sure about other two letters linda
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 233 Send Message	cazzabella	Report	15 Sep 2004 01:48
	I did a quick search on google and came up with - Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer I assume this was a rank in the RN medical staff Cass
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 3,527 Send Message	Christine in Herts	Report	15 Sep 2004 19:11
	Or, as the 1901 census would put it (see my great uncle, William CHRISTMAS, age 30, born Portsea), "Lali Berth Steward". (Really, it does say that!) Christine
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	18 Sep 2004 10:13
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Thank you all for your responses. That had been a great help to me. Regards Margaret