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waac (alice mildred paston)
« on: Wednesday 04 June 08 10:26 BST (UK) »
 :) hi can anyone help me looking for alice mildred paston in the waacs in 1916/17 was in hastings ! is there any paper work confirming this?
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Re: wrac (alice mildred paston)
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 04 June 08 11:42 BST (UK) »
Hi paston,



According to "Tracing your Army Ancestors" by Simon Fowler only about 9,000 service records survive for the WAAC.   They are in series  WO 398 (microfilm at Kew); arranged by surname.

These records available on their Documents Online service.

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline


An incomplete nominal roll for members of the Corps is in WO 162/12; list of women drivers in WO 162/16.

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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: wrac (alice mildred paston)
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 04 June 08 14:55 BST (UK) »
As Jan has pointed out...you'll need to look at WAACs...

The WRAC --- Womens Royal Army Corps did not come into being until AFTER WW2!
One more charge and then be dumb,
            When the forts of Folly fall,
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            Find my body near the wall.

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Re: wrac (alice mildred paston)
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 04 June 08 15:06 BST (UK) »
so do you think it would of been the waac in 1914/18? she went down to hastings her son has told me ???

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Re: wrac (alice mildred paston)
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 04 June 08 15:13 BST (UK) »


There's a very useful site:

www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/exhibitions/waac/


Nanny Jan
Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: wrac (alice mildred paston)
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 04 June 08 15:26 BST (UK) »
thank you nanny jan :) :D ;D
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