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Janet Dempsey 23 rd November 2012

Identifying Heroes. The BT 99 (1915) Project. Janet Dempsey 23 rd November 2012. What is the 1915 Project About?. No ‘Service records’ for WW1 There is no single list of mariners for WW1 BT 99 archive was broken up and dispersed We have 10% of the records in BT 99

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Janet Dempsey 23 rd November 2012

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  1. Identifying Heroes The BT 99 (1915) Project Janet Dempsey 23rd November 2012

  2. What is the 1915 Project About? • No ‘Service records’ for WW1 • There is no single list of mariners for WW1 • BT 99 archive was broken up and dispersed • We have 10% of the records in BT 99 • National Maritime Museum has 90% of years ending in 5 • All of the records for 1915 held by NMM and TNA

  3. What do the records consist of? • TNA = 98 boxes • NMM = 678 boxes • Approx 36,000 Crew Lists • Approx 1,500,000 individual names

  4. The Work So Far • Work with the NMM • Work with CLIP • Photograph collection • Set up dedicated website • Recruit volunteers • Create Record Series

  5. What we have Achieved • Records in BT 400 • Records in BT 99 Approximately • ¼ of boxes are currently allocated to volunteers

  6. The Results • BT 99/3100 List 11

  7. QUESTIONS ?

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