Im hoping someone can advise me and steer me in the right direction,I am trying to find out what regiment my uncle served in during WW2, I have obtained a death certicate which the details fit the description that this man is my uncle. It states that he is buried in the Veterans section in Victory Memorial Park Vancouver cemetery. I phoned the cemetry and they confirmed that their is an "Alexander Allen" buried there but didn't know what regiment he had served in. Is there any other avenue I could take to find out his regiment ? I had another uncle {Alexander's brother in law} robert Adams who I was able to trace Thanks to some of you members.they had come to Canada together in the early 1920s Both served in WW1 in the British Army Royal Irish Rifles. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Could you relative have been Alexander Harold Allen - if so there is a WW1 Medal Card for him in the National Archives . He held the rank of Lieutenant in the Royal Irish Rifles John
Compliments of forum member Klambie, I am in touch with a researcher based in Ottawa. For a nominal sum, he can most likely get at your uncle's war records. The alternative route is to contact Library and Archives Canada and make an application to obtain the war records. The latter approach can take up to 9 months. The researcher can obtain the information within 30 days. PM me if you would like more details. Good luck
Hi 17dyrch,thank you for your reply,I have to explain to you that my uncle alexander never served in the Canadian Army although he is buried in the Veterans section of Victory memorial cemetery.But he had served in WW1 in the RIF's in the British Army,I am 99% certain that the man buried there is my uncle,but it didn't have his regimental number on his grave marker so he would not be in the Canadian Service records,I know in my first post I had said they had both served in RIR's I now see that was wrong and that uncle Alex had served in the Irish fusilers.I phoned Glasgow but they told me they didn't have WW1 records.So I guess I am at dead end in my search, uncle Alex was born in 1891/92 in belfast. and on the death certificate of the alexander buried here in Canada it states that the place of birth was Belfast so I am pretty certain he is my uncle.
There are numerous experts here on this excellent forum. Hopefully, someone can provide further assistance.
