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BereniceUK wrote: Well done, Dave. He couldn't have been silly enough to join the JMR using the same name after deserting from the RMLI, so the JMR must have come first, right?

You would like to think so Berenice.
However, I cannot find him on the nominal roll for JMR
All we have is the medal roll. No other evidence regarding his time in JMR or the RMLI.