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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: jck1103 on Thursday 28 March 19 17:27 GMT (UK)
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Can anyone help please, I have a marriage in Wales in 1945. The groom states that he’s a private gives a number which I assume is his army number, and then the abbreviation HCC, does anyone know what this stands for ? His address was Eniskillen where he was born if that’s any help. Thank you
Jacky
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I'm not an authority however it may be something related to e.g. Headquarters Command? Coy.
deebel
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Thank you, I’ll have a look at that :)
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What is the army number? There is an outside chance that will point towards his regiment or corps.
MaxD
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Marriage certificate under rank or profession it says Private no:7046058 HCC would be grateful for any help, not that good with war stuff !
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The block of numbers 7040001 to7075000 were allocated to the Royal Irish Fusiliers, no help in answering what HCC stands for.
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How about Household Cavalry?
Edit: maybe not, Fusiliers were Infantry not Cavalry.
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Marriage certificates are notorious for a) badly written military terms that are capable of mistranscription/misinterpretation and b) terms concocted by well meaning civilian minds that aren't proper terminology.
HCC is not a term that makes any sense in conjunction with a service number in a column for a man's rank. Is the HCC 100% clear or could it be something else LCpl for example? Might be worth posting a clip?
MaxD
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Thank you very much ;) Irish Fusiliers makes sense. HCC is clearly written, for once I got a certificate that was easy to read ! Still a puzzle though......
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Would he need permission to marry? How about "Has CO consent" ?
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The marriage took place in May 1945 in Pembroke, he’s still in the armed forces so it could mean consent from co. I will have to look at that option. He’s proving to be a very tricky customer to research ! Being born in Ireland in 1922 doesn’t help :)
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His service record may solve the puzzle, have you considered applying for it?
MaxD
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Not sure where to apply for his service record, can you advise please ?
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https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records
Do ask further if the forms cause difficulty.
MaxD
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Thank you ! Will let you know how I get on :)