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Heather

Heather Report 26 Aug 2008 12:04

Wow, Doris was a bit naughty. Im amazed the american put his name on the cert.

There is a site for children of american servicemen born to English women in WW2 - google for it.
This may be useful: (always google for everything!)

http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:KAe9d9sm_64J:articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/01/news/mn-29540+tracing+american+fathers&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=uk&client=firefox-a

And you wouldnt necessarily need his service number - just all the details he would have presented on his signing up. You dont "find" them you have to apply for them from the Army.

PS, Its Saxmundham - just in case you need to google or search for it.

Paul

Paul Report 26 Aug 2008 12:01

Thanks for the repys
His name was Charles Fowler born July 1920 battersea i have looked for his medal card but nothing if i am to find his records would i not need his service number
he had the
Itay Star
Africa Star
War Medal 1939–1945
France and Germany Star
His wife was from Saxmunham her name was Doris Podd lived in stone cottage Saxmunham
i am also trying to trace a us airman whom
Doris had two children by in 1944 and 1945 while granddad was away fighting the only last name for him was Mcllew, Mcnew or Mckew it hard to make out on the birth cert


Thank

Paul

Heather

Heather Report 26 Aug 2008 09:46

Was his wife from Suffolk? May be he wasnt based in Suffolk but went there for the marriage.

The RAF had their own gunners - but I guess its possible they were short of men and the RA was drafted in.

If you or a member of your family are his surving next of kin you can apply for his record for about £30.

Joan

Joan Report 26 Aug 2008 08:39

It seems there was an air base nearby......found this using google....extract from a memoir..

The next stop was Saxmundham, England near my air base at Leiston. I spent the next 14 months with the 357th Fighter Group, a P-51 Mustang fighter group that flew fighter escort for the B-17s and B-24s that were flying long-range bomber missions over Nazi Germany....

Reckon there were gunners defending the base...

Try the National Archives site for his medal cared....What was his name?
Joan

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 26 Aug 2008 04:17

Do you think he received medals during the war? You might find something on the National Archives site.

Rose

Researching:
I am not related to you and I'm not your husband's first wife!

Paul

Paul Report 26 Aug 2008 02:54

Hi all
i have just come across my granfathers marriage cert which states
he was a gunner in the RA H.M forces the date of marriage is 1942 in Saxmundham Suffolk i have photo and he is uniform there is no serial number for him which i thought strange. He was born in battersea london now where would he of enlisted and why would he have been in Suffolk as i can not find any trace of the RA being base there , he has long gone now but i do recall him saying that he was with the 8th army in North Africa.
as i can not go any further without his serial number, any info or ideas would be most grateful

Paul