Yet another poor soul trying to decipher a family member's service record! I think I'm most of the way there. I can see he was with the 54th anti...
Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help qith understanding my grandads RAF service records. It is slightly hard to read due to the handwriting and...
Hi all This is my first post and wondered if anyone could help with my Grandads Navy record. When I was a child I remember seeing some old...
Hi, I am researching my Grandfather's war service and finally after a long time waiting received his service record, which unfortunately has...
Whilst perusing grandad’s service record again just now, I noticed that on 3 September 1942 he was “granted S.P.P.” In an old thread from 2010,...
any help would be greatly appreciated as I cant read cursive to save my life.
Hello, I have just acquired my dad's army records (he was in 2 Recce) Two of the records have the left margin obliterated - is Statement of...
Does any one know what X list ( viiia).. might mean ?
A friend whose father died when she was very young has asked me to 'translate/explain' his service record, which she obtained from MoD....
Hello, I was wondering if somebody could help me decipher this service record? There are a lot of pages but here is my summary so far: Enlisted:...
Hi, I am looking at my Grandfather's service record and I seem to have discovered an error. According to his records, he enlisted in April 1944...
Hello, I have a little update from the last couple of weeks from speaking to different family members. So it looks like some of the records have...
Looking at a gent who joined as a boy in 1938 and became a sapper in the RE in 1943. I can see he was posted to NW Europe BLA on the 6/9/44 but...
Evening, I've recently obtained my grandmothers WAAF service record - she was Special Duties between 1943 and 1946. I've managed to decipher...
Hi, I have obtained my great grandfather's service record, which says he served in the 6th Battalion Northamptonshire regiment. Still, I'm finding...
Hi I've just received my Grandads Service Record and I'm having trouble deciphering a lot of the abbreviations. I have attached his postings...
Hi my name is Robert Stainsby, having recently retired I am now in the process of trying to trace my late father's campaign route through India...
I have previously obtained a copy of my late fathers service records and am currently in the process of understanding them to try and research his...
Currently, writing a book about the 73rd Anti-Tank regiment. During research, I have found many veterans and even more veterans families. Most...
Not sure if you will be able to help but I have recently received my grandad's service records. However, other than me knowing he was in the royal...
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