M*CH*MORE One Name Study
UK seamen
Until relatively recently, most UK M*CH*MOREs lived in South Devon near the sea. It is not surprising, then, that a large number of them became seamen. Some worked as fishermen or in other arms of the Merchant Navy, and some joined the Royal Navy. The following table lists all UK seamen included in the reconstructed trees and subtrees, together with unlinked records (indicated by an asterisk).
In the table, parentheses indicate a registration district (as opposed to a town or parish) and the following abbreviations are used: CERA—Chief Engine Room Artificer, MN—Merchant Navy, RAF—Royal Air Force, RN—Royal Navy and RNVR—Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve.
Underlining (if any) indicates changes made at the latest update.
Name | Born | Service | Years | Other information |
A MITCHELMORE* | 1864 Torquay | MN | 1880-1891 | bosun |
Albert Edward MUCHMORE | 1847 Liskeard | RN | 1871-1891 | stoker |
Alfred Thomas MITCHELMORE | 1877 Marldon | RN | 1902-1919 | |
Alfred Ernest MUCHMORE | 1889 Cardiff | MN | 1911-1921 | |
Alphaeus MITCHELMORE | 1871 Chillington | RN | 1888-1891 | emigrated to Canada 1899 |
Andrew MITCHELMORE | 1862 St Budeaux | RN | 1880-1895 | invalided out 1895 |
Anthony John MITCHELMORE | 1931 (Newton Abbot) | RN | 1949-1964 | |
Arthur Harry MITCHELMORE | 1892 Ashburton | RN | 1914-1929 | armourer |
Arthur Henry MUCHAMORE | 1893 Sheppey | RN | 1908-1922 | |
Arthur Henry MITCHELMORE | 1895 Stokenham | RN | 1911 | marine |
Arthur Norman MITCHELMORE | 1919 Whitehaven | MN | 1938-1939 | cook |
Augustus John MITCHELMORE | 1863 Dartmouth | RN | 1889-1919 | shipwright |
Basil K MITCHELMORE | 1918 Weymouth | MN | emigrated to Canada 1953 | |
Cecil Douglas MICHELMORE | 1904 Dartmouth | RNVR | 1929-1954 | paymaster |
Charles Ewart MITCHELMORE | 1892 South Shields | RN | 1908-1920 | |
Daniel Laverance MOUCHEMORE | 1827 Dartmouth | MN | 1841-1854 | emigrated to Australia 1857 |
David George MICHELMORE | 1939 Mitcham | MN | ||
Donald Charles MITCHELMORE | 1930 Fulham | RN | ||
Edward Uriah MITCHELMORE | 1829 Slapton | RN | 1856-1868 | marine |
Edward MITCHELMORE | 1856 East Stonehouse | RN | 1872-1891 | ship's corporal |
Edward MITCHELMORE | 1884 Devonport | RN | 1917-1919 | stoker |
Edward Alfred MITCHELMORE | 1885 Stokenham | RN | 1918 | transferred to RAF 1918 |
Edwin Thomas MUCHMORE | 1827 Devonport | RN | 1846-1852 | |
Edwin MICHELMORE | 1874 Brixham | MN | 1898-1922 | fisherman |
Edwin Charles MITCHELMORE | 1880 Southampton | RN | 1918 | transferred to RAF 1918 |
Edwin MICHAELMORE | 1901 Brixham | MN | 1918-1937 | |
Enos MITCHELMORE | 1890 Llandudno | MN/RN | 1905-1929 | stoker |
Ernest John MITCHELMORE | 1895 Battersea | RN | 1911-1919 | steward |
Frederick Percy MITCHELMORE | 1879 Winchester | RN | 1898-1920 | marine |
Frederick Thomas Nathaniel MITCHELMORE | 1888 Dartmouth | RN | 1910-1929 | CERA |
Frederick James MUCHMORE | 1899 Kentish Town | RN | 1917-1919 | stoker |
Frederick Rupert MITCHELMORE | 1900 Paignton | RN | 1921-1935 | |
Frederick Collingwood MITCHELMORE | 1919 (Newton Abbot) | RNVR | 1942 | |
George MITCHELMORE | 1790 Chivelstone | MN | 1819-1822 | fisherman |
George MICHELMORE | 1831 Buckfastleigh | RN | 1850 | |
George Henry Morrish MITCHELMORE | 1836 Dartmouth | MN | 1854-1856 | mate |
George Henry MITCHELMORE | 1845 Stokenham | MN | 1861-1881 | |
George Henry MICHELMORE | 1850 St Clement Danes | RN | 1871 | emigrated to Australia 1871 |
George MITCHELMORE | 1866 Marldon | MN | 1889-1925 | fisherman |
George James Alban Andrew MITCHELMORE | 1895 East Stonehouse | RN | 1913-1935 | retired 1935 |
George Charles Edward MITCHELMORE | 1918 Plymouth | RN | 1940 | |
Harold MITCHELMORE | 1865 Kingsbridge | RN | 1888-1919 | CERA |
Henry MICHELMORE | 1819 Coombeinteignhead | MN | 1838-1843 | |
Henry Ferris MITCHELMORE | 1869 Strete | RN | 1887-1924 | |
Henry John MUCHMORE | 1888 Polbathic | RN | 1911-1920 | CERA |
Herbert Basil Goldwyer MICHELMORE | 1893 Dartmouth | MN | 1917-1918 | telegraphist |
Hercules James MITCHELMORE | 1868 Dartmouth | RN | 1889-1901 | stoker |
Hubert MUCHMORE | 1847 Chatham | RN | 1872 | marine, deserted at Sydney |
J MITCHELMORE* | 1860 Dartmouth | MN | 1898 | |
Jabez MITCHELMORE | 1801 Stokenham | MN | 1823-1871 | ship's carpenter, emigrated to US 1848 |
James MITCHELMORE | 1793 Wolborough | RN/MN | 1809-1818 | of Poole, Newfoundland |
John MITCHELMORE | 1743 Stokenham | MN | 1770-1815 | shipwright |
John MITCHELMORE | 1776 Sherford | RN | 1805-1838 | shipwright |
John MUCHMORE* | 178x | RN | 1801 | made his will |
John MITCHELMORE | 1787 Wolborough | MN | 1804-1812 | |
John MUCHMORE | 1800 Fowey | RN/MN | 1828-1829/1836 | |
John MUCKIMORE* | 1814 Dartmouth | MN | 1834 | |
John MUCHMORE* | 1823 Dartmouth | MN | 1843-1844 | cook |
John Bennett MOUCHEMORE | 1825 Dartmouth | MN | 1845-1881 | |
John MICHELMORE | 1826 Rocombe | MN | 1842-1850 | |
John MUCHMORE | 1831 Liskeard | RN | 1845-1857 | cooper |
John MUCHMORE* | 1842 Dartmouth | MN | 1861 | |
John MITCHELMORE | 1856 | MN | 1876 | fisherman |
John William Scott MITCHELMORE | 1860 Newton Abbot | MN | 1881 | fisherman |
John Thomas MITCHELMORE | 1876 Plymouth | RN | 1901 | |
John MICHELMORE | 1877 Brixham | MN | 1891-1919 | fisherman |
John Henry MITCHELMORE | 1879 Stoke Fleming | RN | 1897 | d 1897 |
John Farleigh MITCHELMORE | 1895 South Pool | RN | 1911-1919 | stoker |
John Henry MITCHELMORE | 1900 Slapton | RN | 1914-1918 | |
John Tulledge MITCHELMORE | 1922 Tiverton | RN | 1842-1960 | |
Joseph MUCHMORE | 1820 Stoke Damerel | RN | 1834-1867 | mast captain |
Joseph Cranch MITCHELMORE | 1865 Dartmouth | RN | 1882-1898 | |
Kevin Thomas MITCHELMORE | 1924 Blackburn | RN | ||
Leslie James MITCHELMORE | 1901 Plymouth | RN | 1940 | |
Lionel George MICHELMORE | 1890 Brentford | RNVR | 1914-1919 | |
Maldwyn MICHELMORE | 1931 (Ffestiniog) | MN | 1954-1955 | cook |
Nicholas MITCHELMORE | 1751 | MN | 1800-1804 | of Newton Abbot/Shaldon |
Peter MOUCHEMORE | 1762 Dartmouth | MN | 1776-1796 | |
Peter MUCHEMORE | 1793 Dartmouth | MN | 1820-1839 | shipwright |
Peter MITCHELMORE | 1797 Slapton | MN | 1822-1830 | |
Peter MOUCHEMORE | 1819 Dartmouth | MN | 1831-1849 | |
Philip MICHAELMORE | 1818 Cockington | MN | 1838 | |
R MITCHELMORE* | 192x | RN | 1939-1945 | named on Stokenham War Memorial |
Richard Edwards MITCHELMORE | 1892 Harberton | RN | 1910-1922 | stoker |
Robert MICHELMORE* | 139x | RN | 1417 | archer |
Robert MICHELMORE | 1795 Slapton | MN | 1819-1823 | |
Robert MITCHELMORE | 1830 Blackawton | RN | 1845 | only record |
Robert MICHELMORE | 1883 Fulham | RN | 1903 | emigrated to USA 1912 |
Robert John MITCHELMORE | 1885 Plymouth | RN | 1903-1924 | cook |
Ronald Benjamin MITCHELMORE | 1930 Paddington | MN | 1943-1945 | emigrated to Australia 1958 |
Samuel MUCHMORE | 1838 Chatham | RN | 1856-1881? | blind in 1881 |
Sidney John MITCHELMORE | 1900 Totnes | RN | 1915-1933 | |
Silvanus MITCHELMORE | 1889 East Stonehouse | RN | 1907-1938 | stoker |
Stuart Walter Thomas MITCHELMORE | 1919 Bradford on Avon | RNVR | 1944-1945 | |
Thomas MITCHAMORE | 1771 Bigbury | RN | 1796 | landsman |
Thomas MITCHELMORE | 1788 Sherford | MN | 1812-1831 | master |
Thomas MITCHELMORE | 1804 Wolborough | MN | 1827 | |
Thomas MITCHELMORE | 1825 Stokenham | MN | 1842-1852 | fisherman, emigrated to Canada 1845 |
Thomas MITCHELMORE | 1828 Blackawton | MN | 1854-1858 | |
Thomas MITCHELMORE | 1853 Dartmouth | RN | 1871-1881 | shipwright |
Thomas Gerald MICHELMORE | 1896 Havant | MN/RNVR | 1914-1957 | |
Thomas Guy de Jonqui�res MICHELMORE | 1914 Chudleigh | RNVR | 1942 | |
Thos MITCHMORE | 1776 Plympton | RN | 1799-1815 | |
W MITCHEMORE* | 1854 Dartmouth | MN | 1880-1891 | |
Walter MUCHMORE | 1818 Plymouth | RN | 1837-1851 | sailmaker |
Walter Henry Hill MUCHAMORE | 1879 Plymouth | RN | 191x | |
Walter Weeks MITCHELMORE | 1885 Stokenham | RN | 1902-1921 | |
Walter George MITCHELMORE | 1915 Plymouth | MN | 1941-1950 | |
Warren Ball Adams Heath MITCHELMORE | 1882 Dartmouth | RN | 1902-1932 | officer's clerk |
Wilfred John MITCHELMORE | 1881 Winchester | RN | 1901-1919 | |
William MITCHELMORE | 178x | MN | 1800-1804 | of Shaldon |
William Cole MITCHELMORE | 1787 Dartmouth | MN/RN | 1802-1845 | |
William MICHELMORE | 1790 Stokenham | RN | 1809 | marine |
William MUCHAMORE | 1797 Dartmouth | MN | 1806-1861 | |
William Cole MUCHAMORE | 1809 Thurlestone | RN | 1833-1849 | marine, received naval pension 1849-1868 |
William Kelland MICHELMORE | 1809 Harberton | MN | 1827-1877 | |
William Laverance MITCHELMORE | 1812 Dartmouth | MN/RN | 1852-1861 | emigrated to Canada 186x |
William MUTCHMORE* | 1814-24 | RN | 1841-42 | marine |
William Cole MUCHAMORE | 1820 Dartmouth | RN | 1841-1842 | ordinary seaman |
William MITCHELMORE | 1823 Stokenham | MN | 1845 | |
William MUCHAMORE* | 1825 Dartmouth | MN | 1838-1854 | |
William MITCHELLMORE* | 1829 | MN | 1853 | |
William Henry MUCHMORE* | 1834 Chatham | RN | 1856 | |
William Henry Lewarne MUCHMORE | 1834 Falmouth | MN | 1869-1891 | |
William Henry MUCHIMORE | 1834 Dartmouth | MN | 1858-1864 | |
William MITCHELMORE* | 1839 Dartmouth | MN | 1856 | |
William Cranch MITCHELMORE | 1849 West Alvington | MN | 1879-1881 | stoker |
William MITCHELMORE | 1854 Churchstow | RN | 1871 | to NSW 188x |
William Arthur MITCHELMORE | 1864 Dartmouth | RN | 1886-1896 | stoker |
William John Kellen MUCHAMORE | 1865 Plymouth | RN | 1882-1901 | coast guard |
William MITCHELMORE | 1870 Aveton Gifford | RN | 1901 | stoker |
William Sidney MITCHELMORE | 1870 South Pool | RN | 1889-1901 | |
William Edward MITCHELMORE | 1877 Strete | RN | 1892-1907 | |
William George MITCHELMORE | 1879 Slapton | RN | 1897-1918 | stoker, petty officer |
William John Mitchelmore SMITH | 1880 Dartmouth | RN | ||
William Charles MUCHAMORE | 1891 Middleborough | RN | 1913-1920 | stoker |
William Frederick MITCHELMORE | 1900 Churchstow | RN | 1918-1919 | stoker |
William Richard MITCHELMORE | 1904 Plymouth | RN | 1920-1928 | artificer |
William Robert MITCHELMORE | 1904 Torquay | RN | 1945 | |
William MITCHELMORE* | Dartmouth | MN | 1845-1854 | |
Wm MITCHELMORE* | 1826-31 | RN | 1856 | ship's corporal |
Wm MITCHAMORE* | 1828-38 | RN | 1856 | ordinary seaman |
Wm MITCHAMORE* | 1839-41 | RN | 1857 | boy 1st class |
Wm MITCHELMORE | 1855 Devonport | RN | 1881 | only record |
Wm MITCHAMORE* | Dartmouth | MN | 1845-1854 | |