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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: flora-mae on Saturday 18 November 17 16:13 GMT (UK)
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Hi all, I've only just discovered my father's service number during WWII. He lived through it, but passed in 1991. There's no one left alive to ask questions, and would like to view these. Does anyone know where I can do please, other than applying for his record from the MoD? I also have no idea which medals, if any he might have received.
Thanks in advance,
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Flora-Mae
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Sorry, the only place to get his records is the MOD
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Ah right. I see that Ancestry has available WWI service records, prob not WWII in case some peeps are still alive.
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The MOD have not released records for anyone who was still serving in 1920. Ancestry have some WW1 records but the large majority of those were destroyed in WW2
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The MOD have not released records for anyone who was still serving in 1920. Ancestry have some WW1 records but the large majority of those were destroyed in WW2
The records I obtained were one was war dead, the other survived.
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The MOD have not released records for anyone who was still serving in 1920. Ancestry have some WW1 records but the large majority of those were destroyed in WW2
The records I obtained were one was war dead, the other survived.
You were lucky to find records that had survived
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/service_records/sr_soldiers.htm
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Hi Flora-Mae.
If you have your father's service number, that will help a great deal if/when you apply to the MoD for his service record. It is something which is highly worth doing - I learned a lot about my own father's war once I received the record. It will cost you £30 as you are not (obviously!) the soldier's spouse or the soldier himself plus you will require a death certificate, but once you download and fill out the forms which are available from the MoD website you should be good to go.
As I said, it's really worth it.
RRTB
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Hi Flora-Mae.
If you have your father's service number, that will help a great deal if/when you apply to the MoD for his service record. It is something which is highly worth doing - I learned a lot about my own father's war once I received the record. It will cost you £30 as you are not (obviously!) the soldier's spouse or the soldier himself plus you will require a death certificate, but once you download and fill out the forms which are available from the MoD website you should be good to go.
As I said, it's really worth it.
RRTB
Hello RRTB, thank you so much for this. I've looked on the MoD site and found it a little confusing, which form would i need to apply with? I think I have his death certificate, and he died in 1991 and I *think* the site states that the person must have died more than 25 years ago (which it is!) so will be going this route I think.
Thanks again,
Flora-Mae
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He may not have claimed his medals. You can find out the status of his medal entitlement by emailing here:
https://www.gov.uk/apply-medal-or-veterans-badge
Don't be put off by the apparently tight NOK rules. As long as you can prove your own relationship they have no way of checking your NOK pecking order although you may want to discuss this with any siblings first.
Imber
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He may not have claimed his medals. You can find out the status of his medal entitlement by emailing here:
https://www.gov.uk/apply-medal-or-veterans-badge
Don't be put off by the apparently tight NOK rules. As long as you can prove your own relationship they have no way of checking your NOK pecking order although you may want to discuss this with any siblings first.
Imber
Thank you SO MUCH Imber, I'll get onto this one,
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Flora-Mae, you will need both of these forms:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/545054/request_service_details_NOK_pt1_v6.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/545060/request_for_service_details_army_application_part2_1_.pdf
Once you fill out everything, send both forms to the address found on the Part Two sheet.
RRTB
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Flora-mae - your father doesn't need to have died more than 25 years ago. I obtained my dad's WW2 records in 2007 after my mother died and only 4 years after my father's death. However, I had to send my father's death cert, his marriage cert and my mother's death cert to show that I was his living next of kin. Bit silly really, because if my mum had still been alive, I think she could have got his records for nothing.
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The 25 year rule applies to applicants other than family who require the full record rather than an abbreviated version.
Imber