December 25, 2005 at 1:38 pm
My gran remembered today that her grandad served with the RFC. It would be useful to delve and gain this piece of family history jigsaw. How/where can I get the service records from?
By: Charley - 23rd January 2006 at 09:07
Cross And Cockade Society are a very useful source of information and expertise.
By: BlueRobin - 22nd January 2006 at 23:16
WW1 Campaign Medals are now available online. This makes it very easy to search for anyone who served.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline
I have two matches for Prowse in the RFC both Air Mechanics. Regiment numbers are listed as 3203 and 2672. Where can I find out about these units and what they did?
By: JonathanF - 25th December 2005 at 17:07
My gran remembered today that her grandad served with the RFC. It would be useful to delve and gain this piece of family history jigsaw. How/where can I get the service records from?
The National Archives (formerly PRO) would be your first stop. They are listed in this handy webpage of research contacts:
http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/sources.html#PRO (other useful contacts are listed above and below that entry).
Best of luck with your research.