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Title: records for lancs reg in BURMA WW2
Post by: barbarab2922 on Saturday 18 August 12 09:47 BST (UK)

hi . looking for records on bert potter ( bertram ) 1918-1986 served in burma and holder of the burma star . were can I findhis records for ww2 ?

Title: Re: records for lancs reg in BURMA WW2
Post by: andycand on Saturday 18 August 12 09:52 BST (UK)

Hi

Service records post 1920's are still held by the Ministry of Defence. The link below has information about applying for copies

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

Andy

Title: Re: records for lancs reg in BURMA WW2
Post by: barbarab2922 on Saturday 18 August 12 10:12 BST (UK)

thanks , any way to obtain records without paying , I`V tried ancestry but no go , researching so many family members can`t afford to keep paying out .

Title: Re: records for lancs reg in BURMA WW2
Post by: andycand on Saturday 18 August 12 10:33 BST (UK)

Hi

Only the deceaseds widow, if still alive, could get them for free. You will probably also need to prove he is deceased and I think because his death was more than 25 years ago, you can get the full record. If death was less than 25 years ago permission of the next of kin is required to get full record.

It also takes many months to get the records.

Andy

Title: Re: records for lancs reg in BURMA WW2
Post by: barbarab2922 on Saturday 18 August 12 10:50 BST (UK)

thanks again andy