By: DHVET - 5th January 2012 at 06:03
Peter, The Internet Ancestry.com. has more info coming on stream for military Pension Records and service records
By: Peter - 2nd January 2012 at 14:27
Thanks guys, a friend who is a researcher has offered to help me so I am starting with my grandad on my mums side. He was in the RNR in ww1.
My dads dad was in the 2nd battalion Green howards in the 8th army we do have a list of his medals and his service number and old paybook. Dad reembers he served in Africa italy and benghazi etc
By: Dr Strangelove - 1st January 2012 at 23:29
Got request in for my late fathers records at the moment, should make for interesting reading.
By: Deano - 1st January 2012 at 23:24
Kev, that’s the same link I posted above. Do you know if there’s any difference in the records you can get if you are/aren’t next of kin?
By: kev35 - 1st January 2012 at 20:59
Peter.
The link below should tell you all you need to know. The system seems to have changed recently as has the paperwork. Read through it and follow the appropriate instructions for each enquiry.
If you have any doubts just give them a ring, they are very helpful.
Hope this is useful to you.
Regards,
kev35
By: kev35 - 1st January 2012 at 12:47
Peter.
Service records are the best way to go and if you have service numbers it is relatively easy to make an application which I think will cost £30 each. I will post the links to download the relevant paperwork and the appropriate addresses when I get home. If both are now deceased and died out of service you will need photocopies of both death certificates.
If you PM me any details you have I’ll see if I can find anything in the meantime.
Regards,
kev35
By: paul178 - 31st December 2011 at 01:40
The Eighth Army was active between 1941-45 and a damn fine bunch of soldiers they were as well!
By: Deano - 31st December 2011 at 01:23
Peter
You should be able to obtain his Battalion War Diaries from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk and his service records from the M.O.D website, found here
Of course, alot would depend on which war they fought in. If you have as much info as possible that would be a start. Have you got these details?
Full Name:
Service:
Service No:
Nationality:
Date of Death:
Regiment:
Battalion:
If they served in WWI it will be very difficult to find alot of information. As Kev35 found out for me, about half of WW1 service records were destroyed in the Blitz in WWII. Battalion War Diaries are hard to find because of the very nature of the way Battalions were made up in WWI. Alot of them changed names, amalgamated or disbanded during and at the end of the war.
I am off to the National Archives again in January for my own research. If you find any reference numbers there then you can order copies through their website. This does become expensive though and the best way to obtain the records is to visit them and take a camera.
Hope this helps
Dean
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