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General => Armed Forces => Topic started by: samw80 on Tuesday 05 August 14 16:53 BST (UK)
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Hi, is it possible to find out where my great grandad, Earnest E Spinner, served, which fields of battle etc. I have located his medal card. But I am guessing he enlisted after 1915 as the section at the bottom with ' theatre of war first served in' and 'date of entry therein' is blank. As he served in the Royal Engineers as general search isnt completely helpful.
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If you cannot find his service record - and 66% were destroyed in WW2 - you will not find where he served in military records. Your best hope then is more traditional family history sources - BMDs, letters and postcards he may have sent, asking family members etc
The RE motto is 'Everywhere', so wherever there were troops there would be RE serving alongside them.
http://www.1914-1918.net/cre.htm
Does his number have a prefix, or did he have a pre-war skill? It may narrow down which part of the RE he served.
Ken
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thank you for replying Ken, much appreciated. I was afraid that would be the case. I will have a go when I visit Kew, but dont hold much hope. Unfortunately the more traditional routes are already exhausted. Thanks again.
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