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Armed Forces / Peter Alan Weston Stevens - Military Career?
« on: Tuesday 02 July 19 11:54 BST (UK) »
Hi All,
I have another thread on my Gran's cousin over on the beginners board with some background / additional information here:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=814989.0
In summary, I can't find nay record of Peter from his birth until his death was announced in the 1951 Probate Calendar.
His death was reported as occurring in Tripolitania, Tripoli, Libya so I wonder whether he might have been there in a military capacity. I can't find any records of him in military service on any of my searches in Ancestry or Findmypast so I'm not having much luck.
Someone has helpfully suggested that I apply to MoD for any service records but without a death certificate I can't start this process. I'm hoping that the probate records might suffice but would this mean, given that I don't know which area he might have served in, applying separately to Army, Navy etc?
Does anyone have any other suggestions about how I might go about finding out whether he was in Libya with the military? I'm quite baffled.
Thanks,
Andrea
I have another thread on my Gran's cousin over on the beginners board with some background / additional information here:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=814989.0
In summary, I can't find nay record of Peter from his birth until his death was announced in the 1951 Probate Calendar.
His death was reported as occurring in Tripolitania, Tripoli, Libya so I wonder whether he might have been there in a military capacity. I can't find any records of him in military service on any of my searches in Ancestry or Findmypast so I'm not having much luck.
Someone has helpfully suggested that I apply to MoD for any service records but without a death certificate I can't start this process. I'm hoping that the probate records might suffice but would this mean, given that I don't know which area he might have served in, applying separately to Army, Navy etc?
Does anyone have any other suggestions about how I might go about finding out whether he was in Libya with the military? I'm quite baffled.
Thanks,
Andrea