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how do,
   how would I go about locating (if they survived the NA bombing in ww2) his service records or even number so I can research him more?
  All I have to go on for sure is his name and address (prior to the war), he was with the 66th Div working with the anzacs, and he was gassed.  I've had no joy with absent voter registers. 
  Would attestation forms be about anywhere in either the NA or Royal engineers archives to help me positively ID/link him to a service number?

thanks

mat

How do all,

   I've got the service records (Both ww1 RAF, interwar RFA and ww2 Pioneer corps, in which he seems to have had 3 or 4 service numbers during his life) for my gt grandad but am trying to find out more about his time in India, he was there from June '20 -march '27 in 115 battery 25th bde.
   Any ideas of any links or books apart from going to PRO as I am up near glasgow ;-) ....The RA museum archives are u/s until July which is handy ;-).....

thanks

M

I always wondered what the cloggies got in return for shopping them.....also interesting to see that Les flew in the same a/c that was my gt uncles regular kite whilst on 50sqn, w4367.

He could also be a wireless operator/ air-gunner (dual trade trained) as he may have the sparks on his right sleeve above the sgts stripes. Wop/ag's used the AG wing from mid/late 1939 until late 43 early 44 when the S for signaller came into being. Trade training for straight AGs could take as little as 3 months,wop/ags could take maybe 2 yrs or more to get on an operational sqn as happened to my relative.

The Calverts were not related, you should get the book Lancaster at war 3, the story of the crews RAF service from  OTU to being lost starts on page 68 ;-)......as an aside I lived in the village that there were made POW after they surfed up onto the nearby polder....