Hi guys I can hear you all groan not another service record help Well today i recieved my grandfathers WW2 service records (about 50 pages) after having to wait over a year for them. Theres one bit im stuck on and thought you guys maybe able to help. Any way here goes. next to the heading special instances of gallant conduct and mentions in public despatches there has been stamped a box with Name of Society, Branch, Membership No next to name of Society it has what looks like Royal written in Next to Branch written in is Wolverhampton and a membership number Y209136 next to membership number and the end of the stamp it says date of Co??????? and something under neath which i cant make out. Medals LSGC 39-45 star, Burma star, defence medal and war medla His Service is as follows 6thBN South Staffordshre TA Home 17/5/20-26/6/27 Royal Artillery Home 21/6/27-12/11/28 India 13/11/28- 9/01/36 Home 20/01/36- 12/02/42 West Africa 13/02/42-08/09/43 Home 09/09/43-12/11/43 West Africa 13/11/43-20/04/44 India 21/04/44- 04/06/45 Home 05/06/45-03/09/45 India 04/09/45- 24/06/46 Home 25/06/46-20/06/48 Home 21/06/48-20/06/51 Z Reserve 21/06/51-13/10/52 Also served in Cyprus in 1957 with the Prison Service Any ideas ??? Regards Jon
Hello and welcome to the forum Jon. Don't worry, we are all here to help and share things. We like challenges! Would you care to post the page or pages you are stuck on to give us a better idea of what it might be. Lesley
Sounds like a life assurance policy number/detail - I think the location of stamps seems to have been pretty random on all papers. Was that the question ? best
Sorry the question was what was the stamped box etc. im just in the process of scanning in the page if that helps
the papers which i have are as follows army form B.200B army form E.501 territorial army army form B200b sheet 2 army form B200 army form B 103 part 1 army form W3149 army form B271 army form B271
Hebburn jon Prior to the advent of the NHS in 1948 - most everyone had an affiliation with an Insurance company called "The Panel" which paid for all medical needs - this sound like the details of that company he was with - on the wrong page...! This affiliation helped in adding years to the pension criteria Cheers
Jon Definitely on the wrong page! On my dad's army form B200d when he joined up ,at the bottom they asked if he was insured under the National Health Insurance Act and he put the Prudential in Bradford with his membership number. I think it is just a life assurance/savings policy or something. Lesley ps it looks like Prud(ential) and Wolverhampton
As Tom and Lesley say: On my father's records, that bit, which is stamped on your granddad's one, is printed on one of his B200s - it has N.H. and L. on the left hand side of the box. In my Dad's case he was insured by Pearl. Hopefully you can find what your grand father did in Burma/India and West Africa as easily. thanks
I think your right guys when i blow up the image i could just make out contributions. Theres plenty for me to look into in his records especially his service in the RWAFF. His rank was mainly BSM did reach RSM and CSM which i ddnt think they had in the RA?
Out of interest units he served with and rank 6th BN South Staffordshire Regt TA Rank Pte Date 1926-1927 27th FD BDE Rank GNR Date 1928-31 R/15 Rank BDR 1931-36 27th FD BDE Rank BDR 1936-36 35 th FD BDE Rank BDR 1936-36 2/1 ??? BDE Rank BDR 1936-37 1/1 TRG Regt RA Rank BDR, P/L/SGT A/SGT 1937-39 125 OCT Regt RA Rank A/SGT, SGT 1939-40 37th Sig RGT RA Rank SGT, W/SGT, U/A/BQMS, P/A/BQMS 1940-41 Depot RA Rank W/SGT 1941-42 5th W.A LT BTY Rank W/S, SGT 1942-43 2nd W.A LT BTY Rank W/SGT. A/BSM, BSM 1943-45 TRG 4 RFF Rank BSM A/RSM RQSM 1945-46 X 8 A List Rank CSM 1946-46 Depot RA 129 L.AA REGT Rank WO2 1946-46 RA O.C.T.U Rank BSM 1946-47 Depot RA 129 L.A.A REGT Rank WO2 1947-47 RA O.C.T.U Rank BSM 1947-48 14th FD Regt Rank BSM 1948-49 39th A/T T.A Rank BSM 1949-50 380 A/T T.A Rank BSM 1950-50 62nd H.A.A Rank BSM 1950-51