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Offline morningdew

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Help required in finding an army number
« on: Saturday 24 September 16 20:06 BST (UK) »
Could anyone help me please?
I need to find the army number for:-
Herbert William Clare.
He was born in 1908.
Died 1968.
Married Ivy Honey in 1937.
Lived in Devon.
I have a lot of information on him but cannot access any army records without his service number.
I do not know his regiment.
Any help would be much appreciated.

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Re: Help required in finding an army number
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 24 September 16 20:12 BST (UK) »
theres this chap


First name(s)   Herbert William
Last name   Clare
Age   20
Birth year   1907
Birth place   Norwich
Attestation year   1927
Service number   776588
Former service number   -
Record set   Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942
Category   Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory   Regimental & service records
Collections from   Great Britain
MCHUGH {mayo/manchester}   OHora,MCHALE{mayo/manchester /chicago}  KENNY{Manchester}   TIMPERLEY{wilmslow-bollin fee,Manchester} SMITH{manchester}  LEE{Colne,manchester,Cheshire} VENABLES {Styal.Cheshire} PAYTON {Staffs/Manchester}McCARTHY{TIPPERARY/MANCHESTER}  EAMES/AMS/HEAMES/HAMES/AYMES {Wilmslow/Manchester} Eames/Aymes  {Ireland/Manchester/Cheshire
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Re: Help required in finding an army number
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 24 September 16 20:57 BST (UK) »
The original record of the Herbert that Gortonboy found shows a dob of 24 December 1907, born in Norwich and his occupation was shoe hand.

The information is very sparse.  No next of kin mentioned at all and as he wasn't married at the time no info on spouse.

This could be Herbert's birth record.

Births Mar 1908 
Clare    Herbert William        Norwich    4b   114   
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Help required in finding an army number
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 24 September 16 21:11 BST (UK) »
Did you look for him in the probate records?  I see that he and his wife Ivy died in the same month and year.  Ivy died on the 2nd January and Herbert on the 31st January.
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: Help required in finding an army number
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 24 September 16 21:15 BST (UK) »
You don't need a service number to purchase service records after 1920 and WW11 but you do need a death certificate and 30 pounds.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records
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