Memoir and papers of Frank Smith
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Administrative / biographical background
Smith was born at the City of London Hospital in 1872. His father Frederick William Smith was a police constable. As a boy he worked with his uncle in the Grimsby fishing fleet and trained on the Marine Society ship WARSPITE at Woolwich. From 1888 onwards he was engaged on cargo vessels, including the ketch COCK OF THE WALK (1876) of Weymouth, and the steamers CROSSHILL (1883) and IRTHINGTON (1880). At the time of his marriage to Ellen Jameson at Lambeth in 1894 he was working as a bacon dryer in London. Later he was an insurance agent for Refuge Assurance and then the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society.
Administrative / biographical background
Smith was born at the City of London Hospital in 1872. His father Frederick William Smith was a police constable. As a boy he worked with his uncle in the Grimsby fishing fleet and trained on the Marine Society ship WARSPITE at Woolwich. From 1888 onwards he was engaged on cargo vessels, including the ketch COCK OF THE WALK (1876) of Weymouth, and the steamers CROSSHILL (1883) and IRTHINGTON (1880). At the time of his marriage to Ellen Jameson at Lambeth in 1894 he was working as a bacon dryer in London. Later he was an insurance agent for Refuge Assurance and then the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society.
Record Details
| Item reference: | BGR/50; REG10/000116 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | FILE |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Memoirs of James Trevenen (1760-90), a lieutenant in the British Navy and post-captain in the Russian service. (Manuscript) (BGR/2)
- Bible with manuscript notes of the Tomlinson family made by Capt Nicholas Tomlinson. (Manuscript) (BGR/4)
- Album of letters, certificates, cuttings and pictures relating to the career of Rear-Adm Sherard Osborn (1822-75). (Manuscript) (BGR/5)
- Autobiography of Lt William Clarke, Royal Marines (1784-1862), covering the years 1803-16. (Manuscript) (BGR/8)
- Memorial of Lt John Starke (d.1793), 1775-78 while commander of the armed schooner MARIA. (Manuscript) (BGR/9)
- Statement of service 1789-1839 of Lt David O'Brien Casey including an account of the mutiny in the HERMIONE. (Manuscript) (BGR/12)
- Memoirs of Capt Frederick W. Dean (1868-1921). (Manuscript) (BGR/14)
- Biographical notes and copies of letters of Capt Samuel Gurney Cresswell compiled by Mrs Cresswell ca.1870. (Manuscript) (BGR/15)
- Autobiography of Lt John Blackmore 1815-1844. (Manuscript) (BGR/17)
- Album of certificates of service, 1892-1925, Engineer Rear-Adm Mark Rundle. (Manuscript) (BGR/21)
- Album of certificates of service, Thomas Pratt, boatswain, RN, certificates cover 1860 - 1881. (Manuscript) (BGR/22)
- Scrapbook containing photographs and cuttings of Assistant-Paymaster Arthur Sennett Whyham, 1901-21. (Manuscript) (BGR/23)
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