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Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 39 Send Message	Christine	Report	18 Nov 2008 22:59
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 39 Send Message	thanks annielaurie and david,. have tried this and nothing so i think his records may have been destroyed. thanks anyway christine
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 2,779 Send Message	was plain ann now annielaurie	Report	18 Nov 2008 21:00
	Of course often there are several cards with the same name, and you don't know which is yours, as you say. I suppose you can narrow it down by a process of elimination. Some (not many) have addresses, so any that don't fit can be ruled out. You can check if any of them were killed , assuming the man you are looking for wasn't, by looking at the Commonwealth War Graves site, and therefore rule them out. You can look for service records, so even if the man you're looking for has no records which survived, some of the same name might have, so you can rule them out.
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 39 Send Message	Christine	Report	18 Nov 2008 20:35
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 39 Send Message	hi, can anyone tell me how medal cards are any use. they give you a name and number but no address. how would you know what you are looking for if you dont know the rank of your relatives. thanks christine