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BAME Seafarers in the First World War: The Discovery of the Oldest Surviving ‘nolly’ – The Story of Rohama Hassa

By Asif Shakoor on March 23, 2018 in article, notfeature

I discovered Rohama Hassa’s Continuous Discharge Certificate (CDC) in a wooden chest, from the belongings of my late paternal grandmother, Mrs Mohamed (b. 1908, d. 1989), during a visit in October 2011 to our family home in Kashmir, Pakistan. After safely bringing the CDC, 5,029 miles back to Great Britain and carry out extensive research […]

Mahomed Gama. (All photographs copyright of author)

BAME Seafarers in the First World War: The story of Mahomed Gama

By Asif Shakoor on February 15, 2018 in article, notfeature

I never knew my Grandfather served in the First World War I first discovered that my grandfather, Mahomed Gama, had been recognised for his service in the First World War when I came across some correspondence in a box my grandmother kept. In 2011 my mother, sister and myself were in Pakistan helping to renovate […]

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