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Sussex Lookup Requests / Chichester Cemetery Sussex - Photo of Grave Request
« on: Friday 21 September 18 23:26 BST (UK)  »
Recently received burial record of Mark Spice and wife Alice Spice. If anyone plans to visit the cemetery, I would appreciate photograph of their Mark and Alice's mutual grave. Chichester District Council Cemetery Map shows it as Plot 39 - Square 187. Monument described as Stone Mousetrap Kerb with Chips.
Thank you

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World War Two / Re: RAF Service Records - Fitter Grades and Abbreviations
« on: Friday 15 June 18 18:38 BST (UK)  »
Hello Michael:

Thank you once again . . . The pieces are gradually coming together . . . If only I had had a “What did you do in the war Dad?” conversation. 

I also have struggled with reading some of the entries. When I received the record the accompanying RAF Cover Letter apologized for the quality by saying . . . “it is a reflection of the condition of the image from which the print was taken”. My scan of the copy (for the attachments) has further degraded the legibility.

I was able to determine (a you have) that he attended the following Technical Training Schools but the handwriting of the respective dates is blurred
No. 10 STT Kirkham Lancashire . . .  best guess 24 July 1940  . . . he enlisted 12 July 1940
No 12 OTU . . . best guess 20 December 1940
No. 7 STT Innsworth, Gloucestershire. . . . best guess  21 February 1941
No. 2 STT Cosford, Northamptonshire . . . 24 February 1942

Bryan

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World War Two / Re: RAF Service Records - Fitter Grades and Abbreviations
« on: Wednesday 13 June 18 18:22 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Michael for that clarification. As with many things . . . once one knows the answer it becomes obvious ;). I have been researching my direct and related ancestry for many years but this is the first time it has involved WWII material and as always with research it is proving to be educational.
Bryan

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World War Two / Re: RAF Service Records - Fitter Grades and Abbreviations
« on: Wednesday 13 June 18 08:38 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Tony for your quick response . . . and if you would please add to my education I have the following questions:

Q1. Any thoughts on what the “a. t” portion might signify?

Q2. Am I correct in thinking Fitter Grades (lowest to highest) were F1 either Airframe or Engines . . . F2A or F2E . . . FMA or FME? I am trying to make sense of my father being an FMA and also an F2A unless an airman might hold different grades based on specific training and experience, e.g., the attached image shows a different section of the same service record but it does not reference the 6 December 1940 sequence you have clarified and the following is my attempt at its transcription.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS
24 April 1941 Exam Re-Muster Exam FIT II 66% FIT IIA
1 August 1942 Exam Re-Classify LAC 88%
1 February 1943 Wellington Airframe Course
8-14 February 1943 Attended Vickers Course 70%
1943 Wellington Mk III and ?
1944 Wellington Mk III and ?

Q3. Might there have been occasions when an FMA/FME (or even an F2) would have accompanied a flight?

Thank you again for indulging me.


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World War Two / RAF Service Records - Fitter Grades and Abbreviations
« on: Wednesday 13 June 18 00:28 BST (UK)  »
I need assistance deciphering an entry in my father’s RAF Service Record - see attached for clarification.

I have via the Internet service entries referencing Fitter II or F2A (Airframes) and Fitter IIE or F2E (Engines) . . . but my father’s record appears to show (the quality if not good) the following entry “FI mech (B) n a FII (A)” . . . Would this have been an FMA Flight Mechanic Airframes?

Thank you for any assistance

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Lanarkshire / Re: Lookup 1869-1871 Glasgow - CANKETT
« on: Friday 08 April 16 23:52 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for your interest.  Since my posting in 2005 I have concluded my research. I now know that the George Robert Cankett in question was the one born in 1868 in Scotland and that he died 1931 in Newport, Monmouthshire (now Gwent).

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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Help Wanted in Deciphering Handwriting
« on: Sunday 27 March 11 19:35 BST (UK)  »
Yes - I did see that posting and we have been in communication with each other.

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Kent Completed Lookup Requests / Re: Help Wanted in Deciphering Handwriting
« on: Sunday 27 March 11 19:15 BST (UK)  »
Thank you for posting the information. I have added the details to my ancestry documentation. One can only speculate on what my ancestor would now make of it all, but i says a lot that a structure erected in 1834 has continued to provide accommodation.

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Canada Lookup Requests Completed / COMPLETE: Help wanted re Ball ancestors arrival in Canada
« on: Tuesday 04 May 10 02:16 BST (UK)  »
Hello Linda:

Thank you for that suggestion as I was wondering how to convey to later readers that they should not spend their valuable time on unwittingly going over ground now already covered.

Hopefully the word COMPLETE now introduced will address that issue.

Regards
Peckham

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