Hi there, newby here with what will probably be a straightforward question. Please excuse if similar requests have been posted by others. Attached is the 'tracer card' for Wilf Hudspith. Am I right in thinking that after he enlisted he first served with 229th (Unit, Regiment?) as Anti-Aircraft Driver? Transferred 16 Dec 1942 to ? He joined the Heavy? Anti-Aircraft Regt on 20 Feb 1943? I take it his service would have been in the UK only? Wilf Hudspith's Royal Artillery tracer card by Paul Wilson posted Jan 14, 2021 at 2:27 AM Any advice on what these various other entries also mean would be appreciated. Many thanks.
Hi Paul, According to 118 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA) - The Royal Artillery 1939-45 118 HAA Reg't landed in NW Europe in June 1944.
Hi Paul The other document you really need is his service record and you have to go to the MOD for them the forms you need are here Request records of deceased service personnel. These records should confirm the units he was with, and the added information of where he went and when i.e which theatres of the war he was involved with. If he landed in France they will provide the date he did that and they will also give you his medal entitlement TD Example of a Medal Entitlement sheet in a service record Army Records Ron Sheet 03 | WW2Talk from one of our members Or this link to see the rest of his comprehensive record - Ron's Army Records | WW2Talk - I have to say that not all are as complete as these
HIs time in 229 I think would have been in 229 Battery as I cant find any other reference so that would be 71 (Forth) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA(TA) - The Royal Artillery 1939-45, and he was transferred in Dec 1942 (to 118th HAA) which was the same date when the 71st Regiment left for North Africa This is why you need his service records TD
229 is 229 Anti-Aircraft Driver Training Regiment RA based at Blackpool. He might of been taught to drive by my Dad who was a driving instructor with the RA in Blackpool. Derek
Many thanks TD; getting hold of those more detailed records looks like the way to go - I'll follow up your leads.
Thanks Derek, seems amazing that I've stumbled on this connection straight away. Perhaps they trained them on Blackpool beach for the dunes of North Africa! He came back in one piece at any rate so his training must have been sound.