RootsChat.Com
Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: agirlhasnoname22 on Sunday 28 August 22 19:14 BST (UK)
-
I need help deciphering an ancestors military tracer card, I’m having a lot of trouble trying to read and find information. Any help is greatly appreciated thank you.
-
The numbers such as 1017 over 46 for example are references to Pt 2 Orders which are the authority for recording the particular event. The 4 digits are the serial number, and the 46 in this instance is the year. So taking the right hand side first he was transferred to the Y (unposted) list on 26/5/1945, then posted to 175 Field Regiment [Royal Artillery] on 30/8/45, then to Depot Royal Artillery on 19/9/45 followed by a posting to 14 Medium Regiment [Royal Artillery] on 15/1/46 before being released from regular service to the Reserve on 1/4/46. On the left hand side he was first placed in the Z1 T1 Reserve (no idea what that was) before being transferred to the 1T or IT reserve. I'm guessing that as he had been a prisoner of war, the duration of his reserve service may have been effectively reduced to nil.