Career Papers of Brian Godfrey Jones, Merchant Seaman for Caltex
DX/2662
Information
Apprentice Indenture, with letter dated 1 November 1957 relating to Cancellation clause
Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited information on Travelling Expenses and Subsistence Allowance, 1953
Letter from The Shipping Federation Ltd, dated 18 August 1955. Apprentice with Overseas Tankers Ltd on SS Caltex Auckland
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 30 August 1955 relating to appointment as Deck apprentice on ‘Caltex Kenya’
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 27 January 1956 relating to mailing arrangements
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 4 April 1956 relating to vacation following arrival at Caltex Kenya in the Thames
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 16 April 1956 relating to holiday leave
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 2 May 1956 relating to medical by doctor before reappointment
Circular letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 8 May 1956 relating to awards to Apprentices
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 29 March 1957 relating to personal effects arriving from Bahrain
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 29 March 1957 relating to holiday leave
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 3 April 1957 relating to medical by doctor
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 17 April 1957 relating to appointment on ‘Caltex Glasgow’
Letters from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 18 April and 30 September 1957 relating to sight tests and the termination of the Apprentice Indenture
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 2 May 1957 relating to appointment on ‘Caltex Auckland’, with list of items for accompanying baggage
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 7 May 1957 relating to appointment on ‘Caltex Auckland’
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 23 September 1957 relating to holiday leave
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 27 September 1957 relating to Discharge Book, number R635450
Letter from Caltex Trading and Transport Company Limited, dated 27 January 1958 relating to Deck Apprentice Steering Certificate
BOAC passenger ticket and baggage check wallet containing tickets, with Caltex Services Limited Company Purchased Accommodations form, dated 10 May 1957
Counterfoil for leave pay
Accounts of wages
Booklets ‘Apprenticeship – foundation to a career at sea’ and ‘Navigating and Engineering Officers’ Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd
Merchant Navy and Fishing Service Sight Test Certificate
Crewman’s Landing Cards/ Temporary Passes
Postcards of ‘Caltex Calcutta’ and ‘Caltex Auckland’
British Seaman’s Identity Card
Certificate of Discharge
Certificate of Efficiency as Lifeboatman, dated 5 May 1958, with Notice from Ministry of Transport
Steering Certificate, dated 25 April 1958
Certificate of Qualification as an Efficient Deck Hand, with Notice from Ministry of Transport
Flyer for the Missions to Seamen in Southern Africa (Cape Town branch)
Leaflet for British Sailor’s Society Seaman’s Club in Antwerp
Leaflet for The Sailor’s Home and Red Ensign Club, London
Pages from handwritten log
RAF Certificate of Service (Enlisted into the RAF at Cardington on 9 December 1958 and became Senior Aircraftman by 11 November 1962, transferred to reserve class E, then discharged on 8 June 1964 as Ground Radar Mechanic as he had completed period of ‘Regular Air Force Service)
The Seafarer’s ‘Chart’ of Hong Kong (2 copies)
Passports – 1955-1965 Merchant Navy and 1966-1976 Radar Technician (both with visa stamps)