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Grant, Captain F W G (1905-1994)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0064 GNT

Held at: National Maritime Museum

Title: Grant, Captain F W G (1905-1994)

Date(s): 20th century

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 8 boxes, including 4 oversized items

Name of creator(s): Grant | Frederick W G | 1905-1994 | Captain

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

F W G Grant, Shoreham Pilot and Captain, born 8th March 1905, at Southwick, Sussex, son of Frederick Grant (born 1866, discharged Ebenezer in 1890) and Ellen Grant (formerly Sayers). His Father was a Trinity House Pilot licensed for the London Outports District of Shoreham-by- Sea, Sussex. Captain FWG Grant was appointed a Trinity House Pilot. A former master of the Tug "Harold Brown" owned by the Shoreham Harbour Trustees in 1971. Mr Grant had a varied life as a deck boy before qualifying as a master.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Frederick W G Grant including his account of life as a Shoreham pilot.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Please contact the Archive for further information.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue online at the: National Maritime Museum website .

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Acquired from F W G Grant (bequest) via his son Peter John Grant.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Edited by Sarah Drewery, Jun 2011.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 2010-08-26


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Subjects
Merchant navy | Transport personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People

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Places
Shoreham | Kent | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe