Genealogy Chat

Joyce,

The birth in June quarter 1927 is for Roland:

Births Mar 1926
Mills Charles W Jacobs Portsmouth 2b 622

Births Jun 1927
Mills Roland S Jacobs Portsmouth 2b 625

Rose

if you decide to get his service record go to this website
http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html

I believe that you have to send a copy of the death cert with the application and also proof that you are a relative, next of kin

thank you all for your help it was very interesting

i will pass this info on


many thanks

Joyce

Thanks for putting up the link mgnv - fascinating to see how much more info is on the Scottish register - but don't get your hopes up Joyce. The England and Wales GRO ones are just like ordinary registers except they include the rank/regiment abbreviation/service number together with the reference for ordering

In the case of Charles it is - year 1945 vol 8 page 264

The series for ordering is GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1939 to 1948)

It is a gamble ordering one of these death certificates and if he was killed outright or in some died of wounds cases you may not get any more information. If it was an accident or some other cause you might get a specific cause of death - but as Potty said family information would not be there

Cheers
Sue

If you want to see what a page from the WW2 war deaths register looks like, there's an example at the end of:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=554&404
Given the site, this example from the register is for servicemen with pob=SCT, but an English one would look the same.

Find My Past has the Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945

The record for Charles W Mills confirms he was born and resided in Portsmouth.

A copy of his service record would cost GBP30 and is only available to surviving next of kin

Cheers
Sue

All the death cert will tell her is place,date and cause of death. It won't give any information about his family.

Kelly thanks for the quick reply

its charles walter mills b june 1927

dont they charge a lot for service records she might as well buy the death certificate

Joyce

charles walter mills b 1927 died in the war i found one 15/4/1945
on commonwealth graves but it doesnt say who the parents are
who are albert able mills and rosina jacobs

this is for a friend of mine

many thanks

Joyce