Hi all, New member and first time poster here! Please could someone help me find a Service Record and possibly find out the RAF squadron that my...
Hi, I need some help getting access to my Grandfather's service records on behalf of my Mother who was his next to kin when he died in 2012. He...
Hi everyone, I am in the process of researching information about my Grandfather and his time during WW2. I am working on a project for my Father....
Hello Help required decoding a service record please. On Army form B200 b in column “Promotions, etc” is written “Appointed”. In the following...
My name’s Kate Bentley and I’m researching my Grandfather, Robert Mackenzie, 195282, DOB 9.10.1904 Robert graduated from Edinburgh University...
I've just obtained my late father's WW2 service record from the National Archive which required an appeal from me and two interventions by my MP...
I recently obtained the records of my late uncle. He served in both Africa and Italy and has been awarded the Africa Star (1st Army) and Italy...
I'm trying to unravel my uncle's war story: served with the Rifle Brigade and the 1st Armoured Division, captured in May 1940 during the fall of...
[ATTACH] i have my fathers service records, he was captured at arnhem on thje 21st september 1944, ive uploaded a part i dont understand can...
I am writing a biography of one of our villagers, who fell in WW2, as part of a community project. I've got stuck on a bit of detail and would...
I periodically look at GOV.UK to check that the advice I give on obtaining service records is current. Looks like a policy change on 22nd April...
Hi, I was wondering how much less information is typically provided if one tries to request the records for someone without a death certificate?...
We received my grandads war records today and would love a hand deciphering it. And any information on the air ministry experimental station, is...
Hi All I was just wondering if anyone knows where the records available from family history websites came from? The reason for my question is that...
Despite looking "everywhere", I've been unable to decode the meaning of a couple of unit codes in my grandad's service record. He was an armourer...
Hi My grandfather is David Baxter Chapman, he served in the Royal Artillery in WW2. I have sent off for his service records, but in the meantime...
Hi all, I am looking at the service record of a Grenadier Guardsman. He attended a month's course between 8 Jan and 4 Feb 1942 at D Ro's School,...
Hello I’ve been looking at this record and from looking at other national registration numbers this number marked in yellow seems too long to be a...
Hi all! I am just beginning my journey on gathering information on the life my G Grandfather would have lead during his time in the British Army,...
I've been having great luck and speed with MoD requests. Here is one I received today for an A&SH officer who had extensive pre-war service from...
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