Service Number?

[wrjones]

What records or info can I find out simply from someone's service number?

Regards
William Russell Jones.

[wrjones]

This is a bit of an old "chestnut" for me.It refers to the appearance given on the Kranji War Memorial Singapore of a Harry Leslie Evans given as Gunner Harry Leslie Evans 1468343 of 95 Anti-Tank Regiment Roval Artillery 29/09/1942 given as aged 30.

It is frustrating that on the page of the record showing on Ancestry,there are 18 entries of which this Harry Leslie Evans is the only one given without any spouse or parents details.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

[Jebber]

Service records of people serving after 1921 will still be with the MOD. Information regarding this can be found here.

http://www.veterans-uk.info/

Jebber

[wrjones]

Many thanks Jebber,I will take a look.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

[t mo]

morning folks
posting these as remote possibilities . a birth for an h l evans  born apr - june 1912 [ the only one I found for the year given as his birth year on cwgc site and what wrj has for kranji war memorial ] reg dist holywell Flintshire mothers maiden name Conway , I did try to find a marriage for an evans to a Conway from around 1900 to 1912 but nothing appears as concrete proof , so looked for a marriage for an h l evans from 1930 up and found this h l evans and charlotte jones wed apr - june 1936 reg dist holywell  vol 11b p445.
all very very tentative I know
regards
trevor

[wrjones]

Thanks Trevor,lets just say you have hit the nail on the head.Those are the exact birth details that I have for him!He was born in Bagillt Flintshire in 1912 as you say with a mother's maiden name of Conway.You will have to back to 1892 for his parents marriage!That of a Thomas Evans and an Alice Conway.This Alice was the eldest sister of my Grandmother.

The only thing I'm looking for really is some proof that the Harry Leslie listed as dying in Singapore and mine are one and the same.It is perhaps of interest that this Harry Leslie is not named on the Bagillt War Memorial.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

[ADM199]

This is a bit of an old "chestnut" for me.It refers to the appearance given on the Kranji War Memorial Singapore of a Harry Leslie Evans given as Gunner Harry Leslie Evans 1468343 of 95 Anti-Tank Regiment Roval Artillery 29/09/1942 given as aged 30.

It is frustrating that on the page of the record showing on Ancestry,there are 18 entries of which this Harry Leslie Evans is the only one given without any spouse or parents details.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

There are two Files at Kew that refer to the 85th A/Tank Rgt Casualties

WO 361/1110 and WO 361/1208

Not sure if these will give you what you are looking for though.
Contents of the WO 361 Series are quite variable.

Brian

[wrjones]

This is a bit of an old "chestnut" for me.It refers to the appearance given on the Kranji War Memorial Singapore of a Harry Leslie Evans given as Gunner Harry Leslie Evans 1468343 of 95 Anti-Tank Regiment Roval Artillery 29/09/1942 given as aged 30.

It is frustrating that on the page of the record showing on Ancestry,there are 18 entries of which this Harry Leslie Evans is the only one given without any spouse or parents details.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

There are two Files at Kew that refer to the 85th A/Tank Rgt Casualties

WO 361/1110 and WO 361/1208

Not sure if these will give you what you are looking for though.
Contents of the WO 361 Series are quite variable.

Brian

Thanks Brian,I've been in touch with the MOD concerning all this.They are sending me a form I can use to obtain further info.

Regards
William Russell Jones.

[ADM199]

It is possible that C.W.G.C. have more than is listed on the Web site.
A call to the enquiries section has helped me out many times.

01628 507200 is the No to use.

Brian