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World War One / Re: Vernon Dixon MC
« on: Tuesday 25 December 12 00:39 GMT (UK)  »
The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle (1919 edition) has him with the 17th Battalion

http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=BvPYULn1D-WW0QXHm4DoBg&id=dw3L6E-bG2UC&dq=%22V+g+Dixon%22+%22Krrc%22&q=%22Dixon%22#search_anchor

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World War Two / Re: Understanding WW2 RAF Records.
« on: Wednesday 29 August 12 12:50 BST (UK)  »
Addendum: I think I am wrong about REC. It is more likely to be Release Embarkation Centre

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World War Two / Re: Understanding WW2 RAF Records.
« on: Wednesday 29 August 12 12:37 BST (UK)  »
MU = Maintenance Unit (maintaining and repairing aircraft)
ACH = Aircrafthand
FMT = Form Motor Transport (a military driving licence)
MY BD = ? could it be MT RD? Motor Transport Repair Depot
PTC = Personnel Transit Centre
REC = ? Not the usual acronym used but I believe that should be RC - Reception Centre, where he would have been demobbed.

Annual filmings were when personnel records were photographed for storage.

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World War Two / Re: Unit and rank from picture?
« on: Tuesday 28 August 12 07:45 BST (UK)  »
Two stripes indicate a corporal. However, I can only hazard a guess at the badge but it looks like the Royal Artillery, which would make his rank Bombardier.

The third person in the back row is wearing an RAF uniform.

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Armed Forces / Re: Aden - Army Regiments?
« on: Monday 30 July 12 17:27 BST (UK)  »
One possible route to research is to see if he was awarded the GSM, with one of the two South Arabia clasps. Both were awarded to Aden based troops for periods in the 50s and 60s.

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World War Two / Re: LADY GRANT TENBY 1943
« on: Saturday 28 July 12 22:16 BST (UK)  »
Sounds like Priscilla Buchan, wife of Sir Arthur Lindsay Grant, Baronet (who was KIA in 1944).

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World War Two / Re: Prouter R.A.F.
« on: Saturday 28 July 12 20:55 BST (UK)  »
That particular notice is specifically for family packages. The BRCC and various other charities had more latitude as to what they could send. For example, we know that POWs received cigarettes, despite that notice saying it was prohibited to be sent by family. Another restriction on families was the sending of books, but organisations like YMCA sent out thousands. Even universities sent of course materials and books for degree courses.

MI9 didn't actually send their escape material through the RC. Instead they used fictitious charities.

So fountain pens were very much in evidence in POW camps (not that I am insisting that the above picture was taken in POW camp :) ).

But I must admit my mistake....when i replied to you earlier, I failed to pick up the fact that you had  specifically said next-of-kin parcels. I read it just as POW parcels in general. My error. Sorry.

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World War Two / Re: Prouter R.A.F.
« on: Saturday 28 July 12 18:40 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: David Layne on Saturday 28 July 12 15:41 BST (UK)
He appears to be holding a fountain pen.  Fountain pens and nibs were not allowed to be sent to POW's in next of kin parcels.

????

I have seen several mentions of POWs using fountain pens, including complaining about ones stolen etc or used to barter. MI19 even hid escape material in fountain pens sent out to the camps.

Examples of fountain pen escape material:

http://www.compassmuseum.com/esc/esc.htm

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World War Two / Re: Prouter R.A.F.
« on: Saturday 28 July 12 04:09 BST (UK)  »
Toughest one so far, David. As suggested by an earlier post, I have been hammering at the Air Force Lists for 1943 and 1945 (already did the full POW list), but haven't been able to marry up any appropriate candidates yet.

My feeling is that it was taken at a POW camp just from the sparse surroundings and quality.

One of the permutations I have been trying is names names ending with a "Y* (true, that flourish at the end may just be an affectation, but my gut says otherwise).

Like diplodicus, I also think we may be looking at an initial and surname, rather than just the surname.

However, I think he is a P/O - the stripe doesn't look thick enough for a F/O.

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