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Armed Forces / Re: Illegitamte children born in Austria, fathered by British forces in 1944/45
« on: Wednesday 25 January 23 17:47 GMT (UK)  »
Hello again,
Sorry for the delay.
Richard, in Austria, advises me he was conceived in 1945 and born in 1946. All his mother could tell him was, that his father was a British serviceman. He would like, before he dies, is to find who his father was.
I know, as an ex-serviceman, that if a servceman got a woman pregnant, and did not wish to take the relaionship further, he would get posted.
I do not know if this was the case!
It would be interesting to know what British troops were in the area at the time and, who were the troops in the displaced persons/refugee camp at that time!

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Armed Forces / Illegitamte children born in Austria, fathered by British forces in 1944/45
« on: Tuesday 10 January 23 22:46 GMT (UK)  »
I have been contacted by a distant cousin whose father was a British serviceman.
He has no knowledge of who his father was and, due to DNA, discovered the paternity issue.
He was born in 1945 and the conception was made during the non-fraternisation period.
How do we find what regiments/forces were in the Carinthia region during that time.
The mother (Austrian)was a nurse in a lost persons/refugee camp. The camps were run by thhe British.
Can anyone help us/give advice please.

David

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World War Two / Re: Army medical grades WW2
« on: Sunday 23 November 14 22:51 GMT (UK)  »
Good evening Andy,
I keep trying to send the relevant parts of my dad's record but it keeps being rejected as too large!

I have reduced it as much as possible and I just hope it works now!

David

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World War Two / Re: Army medical grades WW2
« on: Thursday 13 November 14 20:44 GMT (UK)  »
Good evening Andy. I have looked again at the records.on Part 1V of his enlistment they have made him Grade A2 Feet. This is on the day of his enlistment. On his Army Form B200b at the top of the page Med Cat A2 has been crossed out and below in the 'Service towards limited engahement reckons from' his Med Cat has been adjusted to B7.

I have scanned the Form B200b and have attached it, hopefully, to this message.

I know I'm getting boring but, thanks again.

By the way I notice you are in Leeds. My family are all from Yorkshire and, although my maternal grandfather was born in Halifax, the rest of my Wilson ancestors were from Leeds and I have got back as far as 1800 and they were all baptised, married at St Peter's, Leeds Parish Church.

David

ps The attachments wouldn't go through. If you want to contact me at dave5mithorama@gmail.com I will send them that way.

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World War Two / Re: Army medical grades WW2
« on: Thursday 13 November 14 10:15 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry Drew5233,

I have just re-read last night's message. I made a mistake with the dates. He was in France/Dunkirk until the 29-5-1940.
I will check tonight to see if his medical details are included!

Thanks

David

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World War Two / Re: Army medical grades WW2
« on: Thursday 13 November 14 00:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hello again.
My Dad's record shows he is with 223 Coy on 10-3-1940 as a driver with the RASC. The next thing that shows is that he is with 4 l of c MT Coy and he has been promoted to Acting unpaid Lance corporal on 6-4-1940. on the same day he is confirmed as Acting Lance corporal. On 7-5-1940 he is appointed unpaid acting corporal. On the same day he is appointed acting corporal paid.

After reading, and writing, all that I find at the bottom r/h corner his Military History Sheet which shows he was posted abroad on 21-4-40 until 29-4-40 and then he has a home posting for the rest of the war. I believe though he went to Northern Ireland for a spell
The reason I wondered about his volunteering for abroad was that he suffered from severe flat feet, varicose veins and chronic bronchitis. From my three years in the Army I know of men who were medically discharged because of any of the above problems
Thanks again Drew5233

David
ps The picture on my page is of my Dad.

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World War Two / Re: Army medical grades WW2
« on: Tuesday 11 November 14 22:03 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Drew5233,
Sorry about the late reply! Age, illness and mislaying my father's Army record doesn't help.

I erred on his medical grade, it was B7? It appears he went to join the BEF with 223COY RASC & a week later was with 4L of C M T coy up until Dunkirk. His next posting was in August 1940 after he returned back home.
The medical grading was what made me think he should not have gone to France/Belgium but I think that senior officers did not give a damn and just wanted bodies over there.

Thank you for your response as that has made things a lot clearer and my apologies for the delay
David

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World War Two / Army medical grades WW2
« on: Tuesday 14 October 14 17:49 BST (UK)  »
My father was discharged from the Army in 1930. In January 1940 he went back in as a Territorial. His medical grade was B6. I was sure that his grading meant that he was only fit for sedentary duties!
He went into the R.A.S.C. and was posted to France in early 1940. He record states he was a driver and donor/despatch rider. He was at Dunkirk and  eventually got back to Great Britain.
I know that during his first period in the Army he was.a First Class rifle & pistol shot. I also know that he could drive both a motorbike and a lorry before he went back into the Army.
What I wanted to know is : Was he posted to France or did he volunteer?
Can anyone give me a clue, please?
David

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The Common Room / Re: WW1 Name Change
« on: Tuesday 14 October 14 17:15 BST (UK)  »
My wife's paternal grandfather joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1914. He didn't like the Warwicks so he went home, sent his uniform C.O.D. to his sergeant and then went to Leicester, where he was from originally. He changed his name to Gray and joined the Royal Field Artillery and was discharged in 1919 with his medals with Gunner Gray inscribed round the edge. We still have one of those medals.
I have been advised this was a common occurrence during the First World War as communications were not very good.
The same could have happened to your ancestor!

David

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