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Hello People.

I recently got the service record of my late uncle. One part of it , is the statement of service. This part, however I do not understand. I assume this is to where he was posted. This would give me great help in understanding exactly where he was posted. He was oddly in the 10th Bn Black Watch in 1940 then later transfered to the 1st.

There is little to no information on the 10th.


Thanks for your help.

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Hello People,

I have recently been given the service record of my late great-uncle. It seems that he served in Africa, Italy, France and was part of the Defense Corp.

A few things I cannot understand though.

Pic 1

Top line - reads 10/B.YY ? Apparently he was in the 10th Bn Black Watch in 1940 - would later transfer to the 1st Black Watch.
2nd line - apped ? u / paid ? - a / w / cpl ? - do not understand this
3rd line - reverts to at own requests ? does this mean the rank ?
4th line - R.N.G.Y.H ? If that is correct, I cannot find any information on this ?

Pic 2

Here - I just do not understand the numbers - to what do they mean ? I have done extensive search on the Black Watch - but the codes and numbers mean nothing to me. All I see is 10th Black Watch and at the bottom the 1st Black Watch. Any help would be appreciated.

Pic 3

If I understand correctly, at the bottom are all the medals Sam should have been rewarded ?

Thanks for your help in advance.


Luke

Thank you May for your help.

I have done extensive research on the 1st Bt Black Watch, where they were and when they were re-formed and such. Does anyone have information of where the 1st Bt trained before Africa ? Despite reading plenty of books about them, this still eludes me.

This is of great personal interest to me  - as during this time it was when he met his fiancee.

Hello Max,

Thanks alot for your help. I assumed all the service numbers were done chronological - and you are right, he is pretty early.

The 1st Bt Black Watch Roll of Honour - has quite alot of people with around the same number. The ones similiar to him seem to be around 1941 / 1942. I do not believe he was at Dunkirk, this would be a long shot anyway.

http://www.blackwatch.50megs.com/b1str.htm

He was certainly a volunteer. I have included the newspaper article, where he is said to have been a volunteer in the Forces. This is from June 1943.

Thanks again

Luke