Author Topic: Family help please - Uk father - Antwerp mother  (Read 663 times)

Offline RecycledHippy

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 4,096
    • View Profile
Family help please - Uk father - Antwerp mother
« on: Monday 12 May 14 17:33 BST (UK) »
Hi

Looking for help/advice please

My mother met my father in Antwerp during WW 2
Recently my father passed away my mother  25yrs earlier

They never would tell myself or brother any details of their courtship/lives in Antwerp

Now they have passed away could advise where I can get more info on Antwerp during WW2 or British army in Antwerp


Many thanks

Hippy
Please scan all photographs at 300-600 dpi.
Please feel free to colour/modify any restores posted by me.
An acknowledgement would be much appreciated.

Lenoir - Antwerp Belgium
Tippell/Tipple Norfolk/Suffolk border

Offline jorose

  • Global Moderator
  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • ********
  • Posts: 9,743
    • View Profile
Re: Family help please - Uk father - Antwerp mother
« Reply #1 on: Monday 12 May 14 17:56 BST (UK) »
You are able to apply for your father's army records:
https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records
That might give you a better idea of how long he was in the area.

Do you know if they married in Antwerp or if your mother came to the UK and then they married here?
Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Offline RecycledHippy

  • RootsChat Marquessate
  • *******
  • Posts: 4,096
    • View Profile
Re: Family help please - Uk father - Antwerp mother
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 13 May 14 14:30 BST (UK) »
Many thanks for that I shall check it out
Many thx again
Hippy
Please scan all photographs at 300-600 dpi.
Please feel free to colour/modify any restores posted by me.
An acknowledgement would be much appreciated.

Lenoir - Antwerp Belgium
Tippell/Tipple Norfolk/Suffolk border