British India S.N. Co Stewards Staff Afloat

Example of entry in British India S.N. Co. Ltd.s ‘Stewards Staff Afloat No. 1’ book

Source: NMM: BIS 30/34

s.s. “Merkara” Voy 5 (left London on 27^th May 1916 for Calcutta)

Names in Full	Rating	Wages per Month	Age	Date of Birth	Married or Single	Attested or Not	Years at Sea previous to Joining Company
George Stainton Williamson	Chief Steward	£10	30	2/9/1886	M	Yes	5
William Joseph Grafton	2^nd Steward	£6	25	5/9/1891	S	Yes	Nil
Luigi Constantine	Chef	£12	44	1/7/1872	M	Italian	24
Charles Manfred Woolston	Butcher	£6 10s	39	5/12/1876	M	Yes	12
Miss Kate Christie	1^st class Stewardess	£3 10s	32	21/2/1884	S	-	8
Miss Winifred Sargeant	2^nd class Stewardess	£2 10s	32	3/10/1884	S	-	2
Harold Walton Hedley Northover	Barber	1s	32	23/12/1884	M	No	11

Names in Full	Date of Joining Company	Date of Joining Vessel	Date and Cause of Discharge	Address in full	Conduct	Ability
George Stainton Williamson	-/8/1906	23/10/1914		154 Kensington Avenue, East Ham E	VG	VG
William Joseph Grafton	21/4/1915	3/1/1916	16/19/1916 Joined Flying Corps	15 Fermoy Road, Paddington N	VG	VG
Luigi Constantine	17/5/1916	17/5/1916		37 Barth Road, Plumstead S.E.	VG Unsatisfactory outwards	VG Improved Homewards
Charles Manfred Woolston	27/5/1916	22/5/1916		18 Sunnydene Str, Lower Sydenham S.E.	VG	VG
Miss Kate Christie	10/10/1908	11/11/1914		7 Elm Grove, Crouch Hill N	VG	VG
Miss Winifred Sargeant	25/12/1912	8/4/1915		68 Harwood Road, Fulham S.W.	VG	VG
Harold Walton Hedley Northover	22/5/1916	22/5/1916		“Crossways” Thornbury, Gloucestershire	VG	VG

N.B. There was also one more column entitled ‘State if willing to Sail on Next Voyage’, which in this case was left blank.