Advice Please re WW2

[Pricey4848]

Can anyone advise me how to find out what regiment my grandfather served in during WW2 please.....Thomas Price  B 13/02/1906 in Hulme Manchester.

Once I have this I want to apply for his medals on behalf of my dad, his son.

Thanks

[rosie99]

His WW2 records which would give details of his regiment & service will still be with the MOD

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=651361.0

[Pricey4848]

His WW2 records which would give details of his regiment & service will still be with the MOD

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=651361.0

Thank you......

[Skoyen89]

You don't need his Regiment but do need his DOB and if possible a number. 

[rosie99]

You don't need his Regiment but do need his DOB and if possible a number.

You also need his death certificate

[macwil]

And £30.

And patience.

[KGarrad]

You don't need his Regiment but do need his DOB and if possible a number.

You also need his death certificate

Just adding a caveat!
No Death Certificate is needed if the person concerned died in Service.
(Presumably because MOD already have proof of death?)

[rosie99]

Thanks, I did not know that KG     

Rosie

[RRTB]

I hope this does not come across as impertinent, but I would have thought that any medals which your grandfather would have been entitled to would have been automatically sent to him at the end of the war? I have the relevant document from the Under-Secretary of State for War which accompanied my own father's Defence and War Medal awards; these medals were automatically issued. 

However, there was a campaign medal (GSM 18 SE Asia 1945-46) which was NOT issued to him automatically. I only found out about this potential award by chance in 2015. I contacted the Medal Office to confirm eligibility and was told yes, he had been entitled to claim it. So I did so on his behalf.

All I did was give the Medal Office as much military detail as I could, ie name, rank, serial number, regiment, etc. I also sent a photocopy of a page from his war record which detailed the dates and areas he was in from November 1945 to June 1946, just to hopefully speed things up a bit! It worked.

RRTB