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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: Salty on Monday 06 August 18 10:53 BST (UK)
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Can some kind soul please tell me how to go about getting Court Marshall information please.
It seems that a rellie went on the run during WW11 and was caught after nicking a bike.
Thank you
Salty
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Details of a Courts Marshall should be in his military records, but for WW2 they will still be with the MOD, you would have to apply and pay £30.
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records
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Thank you Jebber.
Salty
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With the number of Marshalls in your list of interests it is perhaps understandable for you to have mis-typed Court Martial as Marshall. :)
MaxD
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From what I know there will be a reference only in his service records and no real details. Have come across 2 people (1 recently) who have obtained service records with a reference to a court martial, both were asking where to find more info., as far as I know neither succeeded. Sorry.
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Thank you Max D lol and Medpat
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All The Field and General CM registers for WW1 and WW2 are held at the National Archives. They contain all the murderers, rapists, thieves, deserters etc etc. The last time I looked the WW2 ones alone had around 20,000 names in the registers so as you can appreciate it's a needle in a haystack trying to find a individual.
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Being a pedant ( ;D ) can I point out that the plural of Court Martial is Courts Martial? ;D ;D
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I wrote Courts Martial in my post, unfortunately intuitive typing added an extra L to Martial which I missed. It drives me up the wall when what I type is converted, often into something totally out of context, at least those switches ares easier to spot. ::) ;D
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This might help...
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/courts-martial-desertion-british-army-17th-20th-centuries/
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It Happens to the best. I hate it with my phone when I send a text and when I look at the message after I have sent it, a single word has been changed to something completely different. ???
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Thanks Graham.