Arthur Edward DATLEN

27th Dec 1907 - about 1993

After retiring from sea he worked for the Dover Harbour Board

Life History

27th Dec 1907	Born in Dover, Kent, England
1911	Resident in 15a Alma, Maison Dieu Road Dover, Kent
16th Jun 1932	Married Lucy Elizabeth Florence YOUNG in Dover, Kent, England
1935	Birth of son John DATLEN in Dover, Kent, England
1935	Death of son John DATLEN
between 1937 and 1943	Occupation Was a steward with Royal Mail Lines Limited.1
2nd Mar 1943	Occupation Was a steward aboard the Royal Mail Lines ship the Highland Brigade.1
about 1993	Died in Dover, Kent, England

	Note in Was evacuated from Dover during the war
	Occupation After retiring from sea he worked for the Dover Harbour Board
	Occupation Served with the Royal Auxiliary Fire Service
	Occupation Steward on the HMTS Ariel based at Dover
	Occupation Was 2nd Steward on HMTS Alerts based at Woolwich
	Occupation Was apprenticed as a whitesmith

eMail from Jill Minchin dated 12 June 2009:

When my father left school, he was apprenticed to a whitesmith(tinsmith); after his apprenticeship finished he was not re-employed,the master taking on new apprentices (cheaper than a journeyman). Hebecame a merchant seaman (ship's steward) and spent most of hisworking life so. During the war he remained in the Merchant Navy, andbetween ships he served in the London Auxiliary Fire Service. I havemany papers of his from that time. Sometime after the war he joinedthe Post Office Cable Ships as a steward, and my first memories of hisworking life are of him being 2nd Steward (Captain's steward) on HMTSAlert, based at Woolwich. Towards the end of his service hetransferred to HMTS Ariel, based at Dover, and he and my mother movedback to Dover in about 1964. After retiring from sea, he worked forDover Harbour Board until his final retirement.