Help with abbreviations on Discharge record

Discussion in 'Service Records' started by Vassagomyth, Nov 14, 2015.

  1. Vassagomyth

    Vassagomyth Member

    Hi All,
    I'm new here and trying to find out what the info on my grandfather's discharge record means.
    I don't have his service record although I'm working on it.

    What I do know, he enlisted with the Royal Artillery and was with the Eighth Army. He was awarded the Africa Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-1945 Star and, I believe, should have also got the Italy Star as he was in Sicily, but I think the Medal Office sent the Defence Medal by accident (my grandfather never collected his medals and my mum applied for them in 2006)

    I've attached the record in question, but all I can decipher from it is that he was discharged and transferred to Territorial Reserves on March 23, 1946.

    If anybody can help I'd greatly appreciate it.

    Thanks!

    Peter
     

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    Vassagomyth, Nov 14, 2015
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  2. Tom Canning

    Tom Canning WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Peter

    we shall need a lot more of his records to be able to help as all we can only guess at this time that he was in XXX Corps to be in the Desert - Sicily and France

    and Germany as they left for the Uk after Sicily - they other unit to go to the UK was Viii armoured Bde who left from Tunisia

    Cheers
     
    Tom Canning, Nov 14, 2015
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  3. Vassagomyth

    Vassagomyth Member

    Thanks Tom,
    I had narrowed it down to XXX Corps being a possibility too, but I'm not sure he went back to the UK (that can wait until my mum gets his service record though).

    Any luck with the abbreviations on the discharge record I attached though?
    Nothing makes sense to me but all the records on the same page have the same basic layout with "NR No." and "D. No" entries as well as either "946 DB" or "947 DB" below their numbers but I've no idea what any of it meant.

    Thanks!
     
    Vassagomyth, Nov 14, 2015
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  4. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Hi,

    As Tom is in BC Canada, 8 hours behind UK time - I'll take a stab at answering your query.

    The entries have no significance in 2015 - they are clerks shorthand codes but it will be impossible to decipher the meanings now.

    MOD are turning service record applications around in about 6 weeks so you shouldn't have long to wait once you post off the application forms.

    Steve Y
     
    Tullybrone, Nov 14, 2015
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  5. Vassagomyth

    Vassagomyth Member

    Thanks Steve.

    I'm not that far from Tom, I'm in Manitoba, but my mum has all my grandfather's medals etc back in Scotland.

    I guess I'll just have to have some patience :)

    Peter
     
    Vassagomyth, Nov 14, 2015
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