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Re: World war 2 Royal Artillery tracer card
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 07 November 21 17:20 GMT (UK) »
Is there any other way of finding date of birth, it could be the wrong person
Behn- West Derby/ Germany
 Boulton- Staffs,
 Brett- Nottingham,
 Gerry- Devon/ Wilts,
Pawlyn- Cornwall,
Shawcross- Lancashire
Goodwin- Staffs
Mohring- Hanover Germany/ Lancs
Walne-Lancs
Ginn- Cornwall
Betlin- Cornwall
Scantlebury-Cornwall

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Re: World war 2 Royal Artillery tracer card
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 07 November 21 17:45 GMT (UK) »
Do you have a FindMyPast subscription? There's a record for a Harry Shawcross in the Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942 collection. And a record in the World War 2 Allies Collection.
Both records dated 1942. So they may relate to the man in the RA Tracer Card you've found.

Hopefully one of them will provide a DoB, so that you can confirm if it's your man or not.

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Re: World war 2 Royal Artillery tracer card
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 07 November 21 17:48 GMT (UK) »
Unfortunately I don’t have a find my past subscription, I can go to the library for ancestry but they don’t have find my past
Behn- West Derby/ Germany
 Boulton- Staffs,
 Brett- Nottingham,
 Gerry- Devon/ Wilts,
Pawlyn- Cornwall,
Shawcross- Lancashire
Goodwin- Staffs
Mohring- Hanover Germany/ Lancs
Walne-Lancs
Ginn- Cornwall
Betlin- Cornwall
Scantlebury-Cornwall

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Re: World war 2 Royal Artillery tracer card
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 07 November 21 17:57 GMT (UK) »
Did your father say that he had served during WW2? If so, did he mention any details at all?
With a 1901 birth, he would've been about 40 when he enlisted (if he is the Trace Card fellow).


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Re: World war 2 Royal Artillery tracer card
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 07 November 21 17:59 GMT (UK) »
No he never spoke about the war, I have been trying for years to find out what he did, having been sent to school in France, I assume that his language skills would have been used
Behn- West Derby/ Germany
 Boulton- Staffs,
 Brett- Nottingham,
 Gerry- Devon/ Wilts,
Pawlyn- Cornwall,
Shawcross- Lancashire
Goodwin- Staffs
Mohring- Hanover Germany/ Lancs
Walne-Lancs
Ginn- Cornwall
Betlin- Cornwall
Scantlebury-Cornwall

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Re: World war 2 Royal Artillery tracer card
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 07 November 21 18:12 GMT (UK) »
Is he on the 1939 register in Wolverhampton  :-\
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Re: World war 2 Royal Artillery tracer card
« Reply #15 on: Sunday 07 November 21 18:13 GMT (UK) »
Yes that’s correct
Behn- West Derby/ Germany
 Boulton- Staffs,
 Brett- Nottingham,
 Gerry- Devon/ Wilts,
Pawlyn- Cornwall,
Shawcross- Lancashire
Goodwin- Staffs
Mohring- Hanover Germany/ Lancs
Walne-Lancs
Ginn- Cornwall
Betlin- Cornwall
Scantlebury-Cornwall

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Re: World war 2 Royal Artillery tracer card
« Reply #16 on: Sunday 07 November 21 18:21 GMT (UK) »
Do you have a FindMyPast subscription? There's a record for a Harry Shawcross in the Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942 collection. And a record in the World War 2 Allies Collection.
Both records dated 1942. So they may relate to the man in the RA Tracer Card you've found.

Hopefully one of them will provide a DoB, so that you can confirm if it's your man or not.


They both have the same number 1156759.  No dates or places of birth
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Re: World war 2 Royal Artillery tracer card
« Reply #17 on: Sunday 07 November 21 18:23 GMT (UK) »
I assume that his language skills would have been used

Not necessarily. Different war, of course, but I know of one WW1 soldier who was fluent in French. But this was not put to use by the British Army. He served in the trenches, like most soldiers did.
Also, my friend's grandfather was fairly fluent in German and Russian. But his language skills were not put to use until post-WW2 operations, at the start of the Cold War.