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Title: Finding Records ETS Smith
Post by: littleliz02 on Wednesday 20 November 24 19:02 GMT (UK)
Hi, I have a service number for my fathers GF and having trouble locating the records, I have a FOI in at the moment but they are still processing it due to hi demand, it's been 11 months now.
I am looking for records or information on Edward Thomas Shannon Smith, (Service Number 4447160.
He was born in 1913 in Northumberland but the MOD have confirm that this could be transcribed as 1910 on the register.
Any help would be appreciated as I have tried all the usual searches.
Title: Re: Finding Records ETS Smith
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 20 November 24 22:17 GMT (UK)
WW2 records have been transferred from the MoD to TNA at Kew and will be digitised but this is a huge task and will take some time.  Presumably that is why your FOI is taking so long
Title: Re: Finding Records ETS Smith
Post by: Andy J2022 on Wednesday 20 November 24 22:54 GMT (UK)
His service number indicates he was in the Durham Light Infantry. That would tie in with him being born and dying in the Tynemouth area. However unless he had been taken prisoner of war, injured or killed during the war there are unlikely to be any other records of his service currently online, apart from the one which you are awaiting from the MOD or TNA.
Title: Re: Finding Records ETS Smith
Post by: littleliz02 on Tuesday 26 November 24 19:14 GMT (UK)
Thank you for replies I appreciate it.
Title: Re: Finding Records ETS Smith
Post by: verrieres on Monday 16 December 24 21:31 GMT (UK)
From his service number which was issued from Army Form B 358 enlistment book, Durham Light Infantry, Number 13, which covered numbers 4447001 - 4448000, It can determine roughly when he enlisted as this book was used  from 21 June 1928 - 19 February 1930.  It`s a start ?

There`s also a claim for medals in the name of Edward Thomas Shannon Smith made on the 4th February 1992 (late claim)  Regiment given as DLI Rank Sergeant (No service number given and no details of applicant )  NO AWARDS which either means his medals were already issued at the end of the war (Likely ?) or he was for whatever reason  not entitled (unlikely) or because they didn`t have a service number couldn`t locate his record (Possible ?)

Jim
Title: Re: Finding Records ETS Smith
Post by: amondg on Tuesday 17 December 24 04:20 GMT (UK)
The person making the claim in 1992 would be his son.

Edward Thomas Shannon Smith died 19 April 1986 buried Preston Cemetery and Tynemouth Crematorium
His wife Evelyn May Smith nee Atkinson died 1974