Hi, new member here. Would very much appreciate help with deciphering my grandfather's service records, like many of his generation he said very little of his military past, never claimed his medals and gave all his remaining kit away as soon as he arrived home. He originally enlisted for 12 years in 1924 aged 17 by falsifying his year of birth. He served with the Suffolk regiment in Gibraltar, China and India in the 1920's and 30's and then 5 years in the reserves up until sept 1936. I would really like some help with his WW2 records, I have done some basic online research but need a more knowledgeable insight.
Hi Blutto, yes the Auxiliary unit and the 194 field ambulance part is one area I need a bit of help with, one of the few things he did mention to me when I was quite young was having to report to a post office (which I presume was Highworth) and having to wait for further instructions. We also have no idea what he was doing between 1939 and 1941, my mum was born 11th sept 1939, at the outbreak of the war they lived in London but my heavily pregnant grandmother was evacuated to Ipswich where my mum was born, my grandad wasn't with them (nor was he in London) we believe he was in military service but we don't know for sure, my mum has some recollection of being told that he was somewhere in Cambridgeshire at that time.
From all I read the SOP for Highworth was go to the Post Office in Highworth, announce yourself and wait for a pick up. I have found who might have been the CO of the field ambulance unit, came from the marines apparently: David Forsyth Panton
Thanks Blutto, I will have a look, I have found a few more pages relating to his WW2 service and also found out that the hospital he was in, the 95th general was based in Beni Aknoun (Algeria) at the time he was admitted. We are not sure why, the only army related medical issue he ever mentioned was malaria! would there be any way of finding out from his records?
