Genealogy Chat

I have my grandfathers discharge booklet, giving his number etc, should I be looking this up? and what information can I expect from doing so, I dont want to go down that road unless something specific can be gained, I know what I'm like!! i'll get all involved!

Are we talking WW1 here, Tracey? I have one grandfather's papers, and there is nothing in his service record that I didn't know already. But I have other instances which name employers, tell me the other grandfather trained in Scotland and caught german measles. They often quote marriage details, provide children's dates of birth, or next of kin. One friend was told, years ago, that there was very little in a particular record. When she looked it up recently, the first thing she came across was her own letter, then pages of information!

no, its ww2,# there is actually vey little on it apart from his rank and no. date of birth and discharge comments, I just wondered, if ANYTHING else could be found, as I cant find his father on any sites,,given the information I know so far thankyou for replying

This webpage tells you who to contact, depending on when he was discharged. It is not cheap to get the records (about £25 unless they are your own records or those of your late spouse). http://www.army.mod(.)uk/contacts/divisions/records(.)htm (remove brackets) Also, when we applied for my father-in-laws papers (discharged 1946) they took over fourteen MONTHS to arrive lol (but were free, coz he is still alive, so don't know if they were slow because we didn't have to pay?? My hubby 'phoned the people up and said ''If you don't sent them soon it might be too late'' This was a white lie, but it worked lol) Good Luck Sarah

hi tracey,i have my dads and his brothers service and discharge papers,only extra info his what they gave at time of signing up,if you are searching for his medals , army medal office building 250 raf innsworth glouster gloucestershire gl3 1ez tony

Tracey, You have not actually stated which service you are interested in. Naval Records are from either Hayes or Gosport and will give you ships he served on. Army and RAF are from different areas. To obtain WW2 Records you have to prove you are Next of Kin and I think an increase in price now to £30. Details are patchy, not always complete and will not give you the father's name of your G Father but may tell you where he was fighting and whether he was at Dunkirk or not and whether or not he was involved in the Italian Campaign. The record I obtained missed out 1941 and only went to 1944 although I know what he was doing in 1944/5. ' World War 2 Records are a bit hit and miss. Medal entitlement is online at: www(.)nationalarchives(.)co(.)uk He will have gained at least one medal in the war medal if not others. He may also have gained medals like Italy Star and Dunkirk depending on where he was during the 2 W War. Janet

thanks all for your replies, I shall have a look at those sites, much appreciated