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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: Susie Elin on Sunday 05 December 10 17:05 GMT (UK)
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I am trying to find out about my late fathers service records etc. He was a/c Selwyn Reed aka Yorky. He trained at Cosford and served in India, Egypt and the Cocos Keelings.his service no. was 2226763.any information will be very welcome.
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This site gives you all the information for obtaining WW2 records, there may be some cost involved depending on your relationship to the person you are enquiring about.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/prose01/WW2_Army_ServiceRecord.htm
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Welcome to Rootschat! :D
This one gives direct access to the SAR forms...
http://www.rootschat.com/links/09es/
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Sounds like he might have been trained at Halton as well so might be worth trying:
http://oldhaltonian.ning.com/
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MOD is the right route for Service records, although you may need to provide a copy of your fathers death certificate too.
I am trying to do the same for my grandfather - good luck Susie.
Regrds.
DPT
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Thanks for your help will enclose death certificate with request. Susie
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The RAF requests are currently taking about 8 weeks to come back :( but that is not as long as the 8 months :o that the army ones are taking. Do let us know if you need any help when you get the info back. By the way ask for a photocopy not transcription as the transcriber may make a mistake and that can lead you down the garden path... :)