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What Year did he Die?
Who were his Parents?
Where did he Live?
Who did he Marry ?
Over 60% of WW1 service records were destroyed in the WW2 blitz
Thanks CaroleW
I did know, hence why it is very difficult to glean further information.
But thanks for the reply much appreciated
Keith
What CaroleW should have said it was Ex Soldiers (Dead or Demobbed)
Not All Soldiers Service Records were held in that Repository Storeroom and therefore not Blitzed
If a Soldier served for the whole War and stayed on in the Army in the 1920s their Records were never sent to Arnside Repository but rather the new Storeroom
What we should be asking is do you know when he left the Army ?
His 1921Census would give a clue.
If he stayed on
then Ancestry never scanned his Records
they would be in MOD Glasgow now.Over 60% of WW1 service records were destroyed in the WW2 blitz
Thanks CaroleW
I did know, hence why it is very difficult to glean further information.
But thanks for the reply much appreciated
Keith
What CaroleW should have said it was Ex Soldiers (Dead or Demobbed)
Not All Soldiers Service Records were held in that Repository Storeroom and therefore not Blitzed
If a Soldier served for the whole War and stayed on in the Army in the 1920s their Records were never sent to Arnside Repository but rather the new Storeroom
What we should be asking is do you know when he left the Army ?
His 1921Census would give a clue.
If he stayed on
then Ancestry never scanned his Records
they would be in MOD Glasgow now.
Alamo2008
I will see what I can find in the 1922 census, I suspect I will find her left the Army @1918/1919.
Keith
Over 60% of WW1 service records were destroyed in the WW2 blitz
Thanks CaroleW
I did know, hence why it is very difficult to glean further information.
But thanks for the reply much appreciated
Keith
What CaroleW should have said it was Ex Soldiers (Dead or Demobbed)
Not All Soldiers Service Records were held in that Repository Storeroom and therefore not Blitzed
If a Soldier served for the whole War and stayed on in the Army in the 1920s their Records were never sent to Arnside Repository but rather the new Storeroom
What we should be asking is do you know when he left the Army ?
His 1921Census would give a clue.
If he stayed on
then Ancestry never scanned his Records
they would be in MOD Glasgow now.
Over 60% of WW1 service records were destroyed in the WW2 blitz
Thanks CaroleW
I did know, hence why it is very difficult to glean further information.
But thanks for the reply much appreciated
Keith
What CaroleW should have said it was Ex Soldiers (Dead or Demobbed)
Not All Soldiers Service Records were held in that Repository Storeroom and therefore not Blitzed
If a Soldier served for the whole War and stayed on in the Army in the 1920s their Records were never sent to Arnside Repository but rather the new Storeroom
What we should be asking is do you know when he left the Army ?
His 1921Census would give a clue.
If he stayed on
then Ancestry never scanned his Records
they would be in MOD Glasgow now.
Over 60% of WW1 service records were destroyed in the WW2 blitz
He's a Royal Naval Chief Petty Officer from around the time of WW2. Compare his capbadge to the one below. The stars on his collar will be blue with a letter in the centre. If we could read the letter it would tell us his branch, At a guess his medal ribbons are from the First World War, but someone more expert will be able to confirm or correct that.
Added. There is also an example below of a trade or branch badge, in this case the S stands for Supply.
No picture?