how will I find service record with partal details

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Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 4 Send Message	Karen	Report	9 Dec 2004 21:06
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 4 Send Message	I am trying to find record of granda dickeson service history don't know regiment or service number partial date of birth. lived in sunderland or dalton le dale help please
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	9 Dec 2004 21:13
	You could trawl the medal lists on the National Archives website and hopefully find someone with the right name and birthdate and in a regiment that would be likely for the area he lived in.
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 4 Send Message	Karen	Report	9 Dec 2004 21:21
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 4 Send Message	thanks on it now
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 1,054 Send Message	Peter	Report	9 Dec 2004 23:06
	You can also try the London Gazette. If he was awarded any honours/medals (not campaign) or mentioned in dispatches. He will be in that and you can get his Service number