stoker

His father, a man Stamp once described as "emotionally closed down", was a ship's stoker and often away from home.

“They run up the starboard side of the ship, up two decks, through the stokers’ quarters, and into their dining hall.

After initially training on motor gun boats at Portland, Mr Gaines transferred to become a petrol stoker on landing craft.

Ditlev later became a coal stoker, but he was frequently unemployed.

His father worked as a stoker at the factory, barely earning enough to make ends meet.