I'm researching my late Father's wartime service based around letters he sent home to his mother. He was enlisted to the RASC on 11/12/1941 at...
I am trying find any information on behalf of my Wife & Mother in Law. My Mother in Law's Father Alfred William Donno was in 413 Battery 147th...
Hi I am trying to track my grandfathers battalion, he was a sniper in the 2 Nd btn Northamptonshire regiment although it looks like he started out...
Hi, I have recently received the attached documents and would appreciate some help in interpreting them. My Dad fought in North Africa and Italy...
Hi all I need some help/ clarification regarding the above unit. First, a few assumptions on my part. The unit reference comes from a service...
I have got the Record details, as attached, for a W H Gascoyne which states he was wounded. How do I find out more about this and his post-war...
Looking for some help deciphering my granddad's army records. There are so many abbreviations and acronyms that I can't figure out. I'll post the...
Looking for help on deciphering the records of another great grandfather. My Nana's dad was Alfred Ernest Patey. He joined the Royal Marines Light...
Hi, Everybody , this is my first post on this site.I have been trying to research my fathers first 3yrs in the army. He joined up in June 1940...
Dear All Just been made aware of this. The MoD is looking for views on the further release and digitisation of service records. A team from MoD...
Hello thank you for admitting me, my late father Raymond Davies was a Gunner in the 71st Anti tank Regt in the 53rd Welsh Division. I obtained...
Funny question triggered by a Friendface chat. Was there a maximum weight for recruits to the British (or any other) Army? We've all seen...
Hey All, Here are 8 lines of my Dad's service Records. I have googled and searched the site voraciously and I think I understand lines 1, 2, 3,...
I am researching a man with the 2nd/5th Leicestershire which at the time were in North Africa. The abbreviations read 7 CD 6.3.44 Disch 1.4.44....
Can anyone help with information, please, on my father's war in Italy, 1943-45. I have recently obtained my father's war record: he was Alfred...
Hi I am new here, but really hoping to find some help and advice :) I have recently acquired my grandfathers service record. In 1941 he was...
Hi, Just looking at an online Canadian service file and see that a soldier who was awarded an MM for his actions in Sicily (KIA Italy Oct 1944)...
I've attached the first page of my granddads service record. Can someone help me in interpreting the line 27/7 - 19.2.42 - ? posted to 90th Bty ?...
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