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During WWII my father served as a fireman with the auxiliary fire service in London, and later he was involved with D-Day. He landed on D-Day and fought for over three weeks before being wounded.

Over the years, generally each Remembrance Sunday, I recall him saying that he never received any medals. We all thought it was strange, but never really thought much more about it.

As part of my family history research I decided to try and find out some more about the auxiliary fire service and D-Day, and found an interesting fact on the Veterans Agency website - that medals had to be claimed after WWII, they were not issued automatically.

As I read this I realised that my father must never have known he needed to claim his medals and that they were still there waiting. I wrote down all the details of how to make a claim and passed them on to my mum (as she would be the one who would have to make the claim as next of kin). After filling in many forms and a long wait, my mum received a letter of confirmation that my father's medals had indeed never been issued, he was owed a 1939-1940 Star and a France and Germany Star, which are now being prepared for dispatch.

The letter also mentioned that he would be owed a Defence Medal for his time in the auxiliary fire service, but that we would need to provide documentation. My question is this: are there any records for the auxiliary fire service and where would I find them?

I do all of my research online as I live in the middle of the countryside, and haven't been able to find anything out about these records. Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

hi, I don't know if anyone would be able to help me with this.  I'm searching for the marriage of my g-grandparents Cordelia Emma Tyler nee Webb and John Curtis Hare.  After much searching I have only found one entry anywhere near matching: 

Cordelia Emma Taylor, Islington, Jun 1887, vol 1b, p 342

I have checked the indexes on Ancestry, but there's no corresponding entry for John Curtis Hare. I wondered if his name has been mis-spelt too and  I looked on freeBMD but there are no other names listed on the same page as Cordelia.

Is there any way someone could tell me the other names listed on that page?

Thanks.

Hi, I'd appreciate a 1841 census lookup in the Shadwell/Shoreditch area for the Whall family please.
Samuel Whall born Norwich 1791, head, carpenter
Ann Whall, wife
children: Samuel John, Ann Elizabeth, Pearssa, Samuel George, Elizabeth, John and George Whall born between 1818 and 1832.

Would appreciate any information on a Daniel Whall too if he's listed.

thanks, lilirose 

Hi, I'd be grateful for a lookup for John Whall on the 1851 census, he is probably in the Bow area.  He is 20 years old, single and working as a carpenter, born Shadwell Middx.  I have conflicting information as to his father's name, so am hoping to find him still living at home with his family.
Hope someone can help, thanks, lilirose