Advice on Royal Artillery Attestation Entry Please

Discussion in 'Royal Artillery' started by Andy Lemon, Jul 7, 2021.

  1. Andy Lemon

    Andy Lemon Member

    Can someone help me understand more please about the entry for Ernest Wilfred Burdge on this extract of Royal Artillery Attestation?

    In particular, all of the entries in the far right column "HAA/5", "16/1/46 2/T" and "(Field Branch)" and also in the middle column the stamp "Disch" (I'm presuming Discharge!) and "Age Limit" with the numbers 138/171 and "1954"?

    He was born on the 2nd of February 1907, so would have been 38 years old on 16/1/46 and 47 in 1954.

    I am in the process of obtaining his Service Records.

    Any pointers or suggestions in the meantime, gratefully received.

    Andy
     

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  2. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

    HAA = Heavy Anti Aircraft
    Z Reserve, most soldiers went into the reserve after active service in case they needed to be mobilised again Class Z Reserve - Wikipedia
    Following his time in Z Reserve he was discharged.
     
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  3. Andy Lemon

    Andy Lemon Member

    Thank you. So do you think he was reserve for the HAA?
     
  4. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

    Think you will find that he was in reserve for whatever or wherever the forces may have required!
     
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  5. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron

    My father was transferred to the reserve 14.5.46 and discharged 7.1.54
    Reserve.jpg
     
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  6. Andy Lemon

    Andy Lemon Member

    Thanks so much for your help and taking the time to respond and send your father's documentation. Really useful and has answered the questions I had.
     
  7. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Interesting - for the service number 1727625 as per the attestation posted above then

    UK, World War II Royal Artillery Tracer Cards, 1939-1948
    Name: John Macklin
    Enlistment Date: 12 Dec 1940
    Discharge Date: 1954
    Regiment: Royal Artillery
    Military Unit: 605 Regiment Royal Artillery
    Service Number: 1727 625
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    Unusual to find to people with the same service number - but odder things have happened
    TD
     
  8. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Hi,

    I think your HAA/5 is actually HAA/S denoting he was allocated to a Heavy Anti Aircraft Searchlight Unit.

    The 138/171 beside his 1946 demob date suggests to me that he was at that time serving with 138 Battery 171 Field Regiment RA but I’d wait for his service record for a definitive answer.

    Steve

    EDIT TO ADD

    On further research I now think he might’ve been serving with 138 Battery 171 (Mixed) Heavy Artillery Regiment RA at the time of his demobilisation.
     
    Last edited: Jul 8, 2021
  9. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron



    Think it's 1727025. I thought it was a 6 originally but look either side.
     
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  10. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    61820_006916_0064-02454.jpg
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    Maybe its me but they both look like 1727625

    TD
     
  11. Chris C

    Chris C Canadian

    Macklin's numbers look like 6s but look back at the original document. It's in numerical order with 021, 022, 023...
     
  12. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Member Lemons tree also includes this which may make life clearer
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    Not sure what web site thats from, certainly not Ancestry

    TD
     
  13. Richard Lewis

    Richard Lewis Member

    Looking at this and other RA Attestation Lists numbers such as “138/171” do not seem to have any correlation to battery/regiment or vice versa. No 138 Bty of any type (Field, LAA etc.) was in a 171 Regiment, neither was any 171 Bty found in any 138 Regiments. It’s probably a reference to a long lost record unfortunately.
     
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  14. Tony56

    Tony56 Member Patron


    Definitely you Tricky! Original post is looking for Mr Burdge, 1727025, not Mr Macklin 1727625.
     

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