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I am looking for my father Saviour Cross Zammit. He was a gunner in the RA. His father was Alfred who was Petty Officer in RN. Does this ring any bells to anyone? Does anyone have anymore information?

Welcome to the boards, Karen.

As you have posted on the "Find Living Ancestors" board, I assume you hope to make contact with him?

You don't give any indication of dates.
There's a marriage record for a Saviour C Zammit to Lilian M Sawyer in 1953 in West Ham.

Does that sound likely?

There are a lot of records for people named both Saviour Zammit (no middle name) and Alfred Zammit in Malta, but I don't know if they're relevant.

Do you know when your father was born? Just the year will do, in case he's still living.
Did he live in the UK?


Is this your Alfred? There seem to have been more than one Alfred Zammit at sea, judging by range of dates in various records.

Alfred Zammit
in the UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972
Name: Alfred Zammit
Medal or Award: RN Long Service and Good conduct Medal
Service Year: 1940-1944
Ship Name: Decoy


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Alfred Zammit
in the UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972
Name: Alfred Zammit
Medal or Award: RN Long Service and Good conduct Medal
Service Year: 1962-1970
Ship Name: Leander

Born 1925 according to Karen's tree,

Alfred zammit DoD 1940 HMS Decoy I think is right.

My father Saviour I believe was born in 1925. He married my mum in 1953. I was born in 1954. He was a Gunner in the Royal Artilleey.and basedcin Uk

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S Zammit
in the UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
Name: S Zammit
Arrival Age: 28
Birth Date: abt 1925
Port of Departure: New York, New York, United States
Arrival Date: 8 May 1953
Port of Arrival: Southampton, England
Ports of Voyage: New York
Ship Name: New Australia
Shipping Line: United States Line
Official Number: 238738

Proposed address in UK: Sailors Home, Victoria Street, London.
Occupation: Seaman.
Country of last permanent residence: Australia.

My fathers middle name was Cross so Saviour Cross Zammit.

He wasn't born in the UK.
Do you know where he was born?

Presumably not, as you haven't put a birthplace on your tree here on GR.

So Australia or Malta could be possibilities.

I don't see a record of any sort for the full name Saviour Cross Zammit.

The 1953 marriage of Saviour C Zammit is the nearest in the records - you say he married your mum in 1953. Is that the right marriage which I mentioned - to Lilian Sawyer?

Karen when was he last known to be in this country?

Yes the marriage was correct. Although we didnt know until after i was born and was posted elsewhere that he was already married and i can find no trace of him

The only other bit of information i have is his army service number which was 22833553

I think you will need to try and find records in Malta, I think likely he was born there

father Alfred, https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14861028

Name: Alfred Zammit . Official Number: L.X. 14972 . Date of Birth: 26 October 1905 . ...


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Reference: ADM 363/503/122
Description:
Name: Alfred Zammit.

Official Number: L.X. 14972.

Date of Birth: 26 October 1905.

Place of Birth: Sliema, Malta.

Date: [1925-1939]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Access conditions: Open on Transfer
Record opening date: 18 July 2015

You might try this facebook group? https://www.facebook.com/groups/MaltaProject/

He would have received an Army pension.
The staff won't tell you where he is, but they might tell you whether or not the pension is still being paid.

Alternative spelling of his name might be Xavier.

When did you last have contact with him?

When did your mother last have contact?

Where was he at the time?