Hi Listers, Tonight at the library I found a record for a person I am trace. It is the right name and right year of birth but there is no indication of where he was born or came from apart from that he was English. On Ancestry.com I found the following record for Immigration: Alfred Peter Perry born 1914. I found him on the 'List or Manifest of Aliens Employed on the vessel as members of crew'. Vessel: Br.str. "Princess Kathleen" arriving at Seattle Washington May 16 1936. He was a Fireman, age 22, English, 6'1" weight 176 and has served 4 years. Sailed from port of Victoria B.C. (British Columbia I think) He crops up on lots of records for the same ship over the 4 years. Joined up 1/6/1932 age 17 Princess Kathleen, height 6.0 (grew an inch over 4 years!) My question is this: Was he naval or merchant navy? How did he get to be on a Canadian Pacific Railway ship? Does this mean he emigrated or joined the ship from England? Are the records for this ship or Merchant Navy personnel in the National Archives at Kew? Would he have automatically been called up for the war as a sailor if this was his profession? For England or Canada? Hoping someone can shed some light on this. Many thanks, Diana