Royal Marines - trying to find my husband's grandfather

[PrueM]

Hello to all you knowledgeable folk,
I am taking my first foray into the wonderful world of British service records and thought that before I started I should ask for some advice   

What I want to try to do is to find out as much as I can about my husband's grandfather, Albert Thomas GOODE, who was in the Royal Marines.  Here is what we know about him and his service:

• He was born in 1904 in Enfield, north London - parents Albert GOODE and Mary TITMUSS.
• He was stationed at some stage in Alexandria, Egypt
• He is believed to have had something to do with engineering and working on ships in dock
• He married Margaret Patricia STRATFORD or STAFFORD sometime around 1941
• He died in the mid 1970s

Unfortunately hubby's family were not big ones for family history and there is really nothing else that we know about Albert.  I live in Australia and find it difficult to work out how to have records searched at the National Archives in London, and how to get copies of anything that's found.  Can someone give me some pointers, please?

Fingers crossed...

Prue

[Mobo]

 

HI Prue,

This topic has been covered before, and you might find it helpfulful to click on the link below

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,50667.0.html

 

[PrueM]

Brilliant, thanks Mobo; guess I should have searched a bit harder for that thread   

Do you think I will get very far if I don't have anything but this fellow's name to go by?

Prue

[Mobo]

 

Hi Prue

Looking at your original post, I'm not sure you will get anywhere.   You could try writing to the Admiralty (see address on previous link), but unless you can prove the person is dead and that you are his 'next of kin', I don't hold out much hope.

Sorry

 

[PrueM]

OK thanks Mobo, doesn't sound too promising but I will see if hubby's mother has her father's death certificate - that might be a good place to start.

Cheers
Prue