T142025 Driver Stephen Charles Fudgell, RASC: Looking for my Father's Army records

Hi I'm new to this forum and was hoping I could find out some information on my Late father's Army records. I do have some information but frustratingly can't find anything. The information I have is has follows
Stephen Charles Fudgell T142025 R.A.S.C 294 Inf Bde Coy Driver Inkerman Barracks Knaphill Woking No 10cc Depot 8 May 1946 . I'm on the understanding that Inkerman Barracks was the home of the Military Police ,I don't know if maybe my father was a driver for someone ? I have no clue. I know from my father's medals he has he got the African Star , I remember him talking about being In Italy, Egypt, I believe he was at Dunkirk . I can also remember him saying that he was attacked to the infanty . If you can help Point me in the right direction or any constructive advice would be most welcome .

Kind Regards
Bridget 1

 

Welcome aboard. There is plenty of knowledge and expertise here.

We always recommend applying for the Service Record. It is the definitive account of his service. Yes, it can take time and regularly has good and disappointing responses. A very short note (copied from Clive): you will need his date of birth and death cert available here for £7 https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ Link for service records
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It is vital you add his full name, Date of Birth, Service Number and if known their unit. Members can check their resources and do some online research. Others may be looking now and in the future for them; we regularly have people join who have found a post or thread about a relative.

It might be worth checking if there is a local newspaper article about him. Most public libraries have access to the British Newspaper Archive when in the library, not online.

On your current information, his service number is here for another person! Perhaps the T is a number?

It helps to add a ‘tag’ when you create a thread, only you can do this. It is for the formation / corps involved or a theme like intelligence. Searching tags can identify threads, otherwise it takes a bit longer.

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Welcome to he forum
Just apply for his service records before you start googling info that could send you down the wrong path.
You need his date of birth and death cert links already provided

 

Welcome Bridget.
From your info your father was in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). Driver is his rank, equivalent to a Private, not his trade; though as his Army No. starts with a T he quite likely was a driver of motorised vehicles.

Tim

 

Whilst echoing others advice to order his service records to be definitive I have looked up the RASC numbering. They started using sequence 000001 to 294000 in 1920 & no 100694 joined on 27th October 1939. They stopped using that sequence in July 1942 after which all recruits enlisted in the General Service Corps, rather than having their basic training at Regimental/Corps Depots.
Army Numbers | Researching the Lives and Records of WW2 Soldiers

The T prefix to his number is short for Transport, as opposed to say an S for the Supply section.

142025 does not appear in the index to the WW2 Casualty lists on ancestry so its probable he was not seriously injured, pow or missing.

Inkerman Barracks was not handed over to the Military Police as their training School until 1947.

No luck online finding a 294th Infantry Brigade, but there was a 294th Company (Car) in the RASC. It was possibly in Austria in 1949 & possibly renamed 100 Coy (MT)

 

Thank you that does sound interesting because I can remember my dad talking about being in Austria, so that information hopefully opens a new door .