Great Uncle Denis Davies-R.N WW2.

[Red Tom]

I'm drawing a complete blank searching Ancestry for any info re my wife's g.uncle's naval service. I have his service number-Gunner JX.254472.I'm told that he was in England until c1942 (perhaps spending time at Chatham) and was then possibly posted to India.
It has been suggested to me that his hatband bore the name H.M.S.Raleigh.
Any further information would be terrific and gratefully accepted.

[rosie99]

Records after 1920 including WW2 records are still with the MOD
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=651361.0

[Red Tom]

Thank you for that rosie99.

[philipsearching]

It has been suggested to me that his hatband bore the name H.M.S.Raleigh.

HMS Raleigh was set up in 1940 in Torpoint, Cornwall as a shore-based training establishment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Raleigh_(shore_establishment)

Philip

[Red Tom]

Thank you for that phillipsearching.