military records

[stephen7]

hi all,
only me again,
trying to find info on my grandfathers military  history.
i know he was in the cameronians, scottish rifles, stationed in hamilton in the early 20's. the trouble is, i don.t know which battalion. as the cameronians became the seaforths, and other regiments, i am confused as to where to go for further information, i don'i know when he finished in the forces, but i think he rejoined for ww2. my father was in the same regiment, but unfortunately he died when i was young so i have nothing to go on from there,
 anyone got any ideas?
steve

[stephen7]

just a thought, i know my father was wounded during the invasion of italy,i believe it was codenamed " operation wolf". maybe this was help someone come up with any ideas.
steve

[apanderson]

Hi Stephen,

Have you tried 'The Great War' Forum - http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?

I've had a lot of help from this site on my own ancestors.

Good Luck

Anne

[RJ_Paton]

Most military records are with the National Archives in London although I believe many of the WW 1 records were destroyed.

Re operation Wolf have a look at http://www.vojska.net/ww2/battles/wolf/default.asp  which details an operation with this codename involving action in the Adriatic region.
Unfortunately as codenames go, Wolf is pretty common, and it may have no bearing at all.

[RJ_Paton]

as the cameronians became the seaforths

I don't believe they did .... the Cameronians chose to disband the battallion rather than amalgamate with any other in 1968

see http://www.btinternet.com/~james.mckay/scotrifl.htm
http://www.btinternet.com/~james.mckay/scotrifl.htm

for more information about the regiment and its battle honours.

[stephen7]

hi all,
thanks for the info.
anne,
have registered with that site and left a few posts.here's hoping..........
robert, have had alook at this one, doesn't seem to be the right battle though,
thanks anyway.

as the cameronians became the seaforths

I don't believe they did .... the Cameronians chose to disband the battallion rather than amalgamate with any other in 1968


looks as though i was wrong about the cameronians joing the seaforths, maybe i got confused with the war reserve battalions, etc, rather than the regulars
steve