Finally recieved my dads records today and i dont know where to start HELP. scanned pic's hope this helps.
Alanst Having trouble with my printer so can't reproduce your scans but he seems to have had a varying career from joining in the mid '42 from Light Anti Aircraft to Armour - with a release number of 48 - mine was 50- also from Barnard Castle - and to Lothian and Border horse in 6th AD in Italy - to 14/20 Hussars in NWE - which is intriquing and hope you can send me a copy of these four sheets - as I can't read these miniatures - so PM me if you can Cheers
Hi Alan, List the unit, date and campaign and I'll list the units war diaries for you. Something like: 16 LAA June 42-Jan 43 UK 1 Lothian and Border Jan 43-Jul 43 Italy etc etc
Here is the basic entries from the sheets Posted to 75 LAA Reg RA Whitby 1943 posted 233 (or 223) LAA Bty 16/1/43 Admitted Shaftesbury military hospital 4/4/43 Trade tested at Carnoustie on 14/5/43. Certified qualified as driver op class 3 Embarked (Field) 27/6/43 Disembarked Sicily 13/7/43 Took on strength (TOS) Eighth Army 13/7/43 Awarded 1939/43 Star Posted to X(2) List 5/7/44 75 LAA Regt TOS from X(2) List 18/7/44 Transferred to RAC and posted to X(4) list 14/9/44 Posted to REME Rft ? Regt X(4) List CMF (Central Mediterranean Force) 19/10/44 Posted to 250 PDS X 4 on 7/3/45 Posted to 2 Lothians 21/?/45 Admitted to 64 General Hospital SOS to X(2) list 14/9/45 Posted 2 Lothians 18/9/45 Entrained Milan for 1st Lothians BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) SOS (struck off strength) unit and CMF 23/1/46 TOS from Lothians NWE (North West Europe) 23/1/46 Admitted 29 British General Hospital and SOS 1/2/46 Discharged TOS from X2 List 1/3/46 SOS to 14/20 Hussars 7/7/46 Hope this helps. Tom/Andy Lesley
Lesley Makes more sense now as I can see where he was transferred from 2nd Lothians when they were broken up from 6th AD in Austria(CMF) and SOS'd and TOS'd to 1st Lothinas in NWE or as it was known at the time BOAR Can't figure out what he was up to in Sicily though as 6thAD were still in North Africa at that time- probably hiding out in a Reinforcement unit - and gobbling peaches etc Cheers
Thanks Tom on what you can see of the records (all that they said they have) where do you sugest i start looking?
Alanst - best place is to start at the day he officially joined the Army and follow through on dates - make up a time line on a spreadsheet - that will show the whole story - in time Cheers & Good luck
Alanst Yes there is a fair gap there which indicates he was on the waiting list X(iV) - then posted to a REME outfit - with another spell in Hospital (Xii) - before going the Lothians don't think you have ALL his records so get back to Glasgow- and thump the table Cheers
Alan On looking at the sheets again there is a gap of a year between him going to Sicily in July 1943 and July 1944. I am sure he would only have been in Sicily for a month and then either up into Italy or another theatre of war. It seems strange he only has the 1939/45 star. You need to find out what he did after Sicily. The forms you have received are usually in the most comprehensive detail but for some reason there are entries for a year missing. As Tom suggests, ring the MOD again and ask them to PULL THE FILE again-don't let them fob you off by telling you that is all there is. Make sure they look at the file again. If you take a look at my albums some of my fathers sheets are there. The forms you have are the B103 forms. Quote these numbers and see if they have them: Army form B200d A.F.B. 104 part 1 S/O Strength on Transfer Try your luck, you never know Hope this helps Lesley
Thanks Lesley have been pondering all day about the missing year, could it be that the time of landing in Sicily he got mixed up in the Salerno mutiny,Salerno Mutiny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .he may have been one of the 1000 new recruits.
Alanst Don't get hung up with the Salerno Mutiny - that was reinforcements sent from Tripoli incorrectly as they should have been sent from Bone directly to Xth Corps at Salerno - nothing to do with Sicily Cheers
Ah I see you have another form! More confusion! This form doesn't tie in with the information on the other form. North Africa and Sicily 27/6/43 to 26/1/46 I notice he was awarded the Italy Star as well. 75 LAA Regiment. Capstan Operator-sorry I don't know what this means. Maybe one of the vets can fill in the gaps for the period above in North Africa and Sicily and someone will come along to tell you where his unit was between those dates. Sorry not to be of more help Lesley
Capston Operator was his employment before joining up. I have no clue on what medals he received not seen any.
It says on his last sheet that he was awarded the Italy Star and 1939/45 Medal and that they were issued to him (on what date I don't know-the sheet you have scanned seems to have some writing missing on the right-hand side) Lesley
The date is 30/jan/1950. on the pics before can you tell me what does "Cancel Entry in Respect of Marginally ?????????. 15 May 43" mean.
