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World War Two / Re: Taynuilt, Highland Light Infantry
« on: Tuesday 15 October 24 14:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi Albufera32
A bit of confusion here..
Sorry but the newspaper report was giving a little history of my father's earlier life.. Quote.. His decline started in the hell of a Jap POW camp,  when he was liberated he was partly paralysed.

He wasnt in the services in 1959. He divorced his 2nd wife by the late 1940s, met & married my Mother by 1952 in London, came back to Scotland by 1957, he died in 1961.... A complicated life I know !

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World War Two / Re: Taynuilt, Highland Light Infantry
« on: Tuesday 15 October 24 11:49 BST (UK)  »
Hi Elwyn,
Yes I get what you are saying.
It's a long story, I never knew my father he was born in 1906 died 1961... I have done an amazing amount of research & found evidence of his time in the Merchant Navy, I have a, discharge document from 1936/37.. My father spent a, couple of years in New Zealand where he met & married a girl, they split up, (eventually divorced) & he came back to the UK around 1938.. I found a record of his 2nd Marraige this states he was in the HLI & that's where I learnt about his time there.
I found out about the Japanese POW  camp in a newspaper article.. It was a story about his death on 1961...

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World War Two / Re: Taynuilt, Highland Light Infantry
« on: Tuesday 15 October 24 00:41 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou also Albufera32,
There's a lot to take in, never the less it's interesting reading.
I'm not sure when my father actually enlisted with HLI, it could have been when WW2 broke out or earlier... He was a Merchant Sea man up until around 1937/38

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World War Two / Re: Taynuilt, Highland Light Infantry
« on: Monday 14 October 24 10:35 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou.. Elwyn & Andy, your responses are very helpful, I will certainly take your advice & investigate further.. Those links you have sent could be very useful
Much appreciated 👍

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World War Two / Taynuilt, Highland Light Infantry
« on: Sunday 13 October 24 17:13 BST (UK)  »
Hello,
Could anyone tell me what regiment you'd have been in if you were in the Highland Light Infantry, based at Taynuilt during WW2
My late Father was based there around 1941 - 45
I also learnt recently he was in, Japanese POW camp
Any help would be most appreciated
😊

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Offaly (Kings) / Confirmation photos
« on: Sunday 03 March 24 18:13 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,
My mum was Confirmed at the Church of assumption Tullamore in May 1934
Would there have been group photos? should I message Tullamore Parish to find out?

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Dunbartonshire / Re: Braeholm, Infirmary
« on: Wednesday 16 August 23 10:47 BST (UK)  »
Thankyou Rosie, yes that's interesting,
 The first time I visited Braeholm it was an old folks home I'd forgotten about that, what years were your sons born, I was born in 1960... My family lived at Levenbank Terrace, Jamestown.

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Dunbartonshire / Braeholm, Infirmary
« on: Tuesday 15 August 23 19:49 BST (UK)  »
 I was born at Braeholm, Infirmary, Helensburgh in December 1960.
I visited there 12 years, ago it was  run by a charity.. The sailors rest..
There was a cafe open to the public & accommodation to rent..
It's now been converted into luxury flats...
Is there anyone who remembers this place when it was a, maternity hospital?

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World War Two / Re: Obtaining WW2 service records, RAF & WAAF
« on: Sunday 05 March 23 20:41 GMT (UK)  »
I now have my late Mum's WAAF records
I would be delighted if anyone could help me understand about the code numbers and places... Many thanks

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