Any ideas how to find a Regiment ?

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Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 2,267 Send Message	valinkent	Report	6 Jan 2005 16:06
	My Father-in-law fought in WW2 and we know that he was in the D-Day landings and would like to find out the regiment he was in.Any ideas where i could find out. Have only been doing my family tree at the moment,but my grandson came home from school and said that they where doing a family tree at school he,s only 6 but i think it is great
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 1,206 Send Message	Trudy	Report	6 Jan 2005 16:13
	Hi Val, have you tried the British Legion for the area in which your rellie lived, they should have a role of honour for the dead and also a list of the survivors. Trudy
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 323 Send Message	Ian	Report	6 Jan 2005 16:34
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 323 Send Message	Val, If you have his full name, date of birth, any next of kin info and address when joining, the MOD should be able to find his records. From that you should obtain his regiment. The MOD contact info has been on these boards aplenty. It costs Pnds 25 currently to obtain a copy of his army service records, plus upto one year's wait Ian
Member Since: January 2003 Posts: 2,267 Send Message	valinkent	Report	6 Jan 2005 16:39
	Thanks for your help,Will have a go at finding something out from MOD . vAL