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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: DavidWelsh on Thursday 09 November 17 14:34 GMT (UK)
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Hi
Looking for info/records for the above and can find nothing on Ancestry. He was born in Edinburgh probably around 1915. Sorry I have no more than this
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Welcome to Rootschat. :)
WW2 records are held by the MOD; details of how to apply etc. from millymcb:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=651361.0
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Long shot on Family Search site (middle initials KS not NS) ???
Name John K. S. Reid
Event Type Burial
Event Place Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Cemetery Grange Cemetery
Birth Date 1910
Death Date 2002
Affiliate Create Date 15 Sep 2017
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Hi :)
From Royal Artillery attestations
John Nicol Sandilands Reid
Army no 873751
Attested 1937
Cathy
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As he was born in Edinburgh I looked at the indexes of Scotlands People, which are free to search.
Found a birth and a death for John Nicol Sandilands Reid, both events happening in Edinburgh.
Birth of John N Sandilands Reid
in 1914
in Morningside ( an area of Edinburgh on the south of the city)
Death of John Nicol S Reid
in 1971
aged 57
in Newington ( an area of Edinburgh, also on the south of the city)
For 6 credits ( about £1.50 ) you will be able to view online the original birth certificate. If you want the information contained on the death certificate you'll have to buy it. Death Certs can only be viewed online if they occurred more than 50 years ago and 1971 is still a few years short.
SO you might want to buy some Scotlands People credits and get the birth certificate information.
Hope this is of some help.
Good luck with it.
Anne
ps I wrote all this a couple of hours ago in a reply which I thought I'd posted here BUT it disappeared and I've no idea where to!!! I'll do my best to hit 'post' now!!
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Thanks so much folks. I have a starter. I know he died around 1970 so can now look for his army records :) Cathy can you tell me where you found the army info please?
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Hi,
Only basic information as stated , nothing more unfortunately. One source is Findmypast.
Cathy
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I know he died around 1970 so can now look for his army records :)
As Nanny jan said his army records will still be with the MOD. There are websites that indicate they may have more information than Cathy has given but don't waste your money on them.
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As stated in my reply.......his full record is held by the MOD and is not available online.
I recently applied for a set and they arrived within 2 months.
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Birth of John N Sandilands Reid
in 1914
in Morningside ( an area of Edinburgh on the south of the city)
I have some spare credits if you would like me to look this up for you