WAAF Service

[Pete E]

Hi all, my mother Irene Murray, served in the WAAF from Sept 1941 to May 1946 and I would like to know if she would have been entitled to any awards (medals). A few years ago I obtained a, "Statement of Service" from the RAF personnel management centre in Gloucester, however this only gives her ranks, musterings and postings, apparently many records had been lost or destroyed. Can anyone advise what she may have been entitled to, how to find out if they were ever issued and if not issued, how I could try and get them now? Many thanks in advance for any help proffered, cheers Pete

[GrahamSimons]

https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records
and then
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/medals-campaigns-descriptions-and-eligibility

[Pete E]

Thanks for the links Graham. Looking at the medals, I think she would possibly be entitled to the Defence medal and the War Medal 1939-1945. As I have a "statement of service", which I was told was all the information now available, I'm not sure I could get anything else from personnel records. I might just apply for the medals I think she may be eligible for with a covering letter explaining circumstances and see what happens. I'm sure if she had been issued them, they will find a record somewhere; Cheers.

[Ruskie]

Imjin Barracks will be able to tell you her medal entitlement, if they were issued, to who they were sent, and the address they were sent to.

Let us know how you get on. Good luck.