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Military Records help please.

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ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 24 Aug 2012 22:36

Hi all.
I am helping a friend with his research and wondered if there is a web site we can look at to find such records after 1945.
Thanks.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 24 Aug 2012 22:44

These records would still be with the MOD and not online.

Have a look here to find out about ordering records:-

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/army.html

Kath. x

ErikaH

ErikaH Report 24 Aug 2012 23:29

If your friend is the next of kin of the serviceman, and the serviceman is deceased, he can apply for the records, at a cost of £30.00, and a waiting period of several months.

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 25 Aug 2012 22:11

Thank you both, we shall be doing some looking and he will be sending.

Several months will try his patients but the £30 will be money well spent.
Thanks again.

Researching:
Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.

Nannylicious

Nannylicious Report 31 Aug 2012 00:21

There is no charge if the record is applied for by the spouse of the serviceman/woman. In either case, a copy of the death certificate will be needed if the person died following active service and not during it.