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World War Two / Re: Request for WW2 Army Service Records - being told i will have to wait until 2029
« on: Thursday 02 February 23 00:40 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks to all who have replied, and in many cases investigated. All very much appreciated !
I have tried replying to the emails from the Archives, but i havent even received an acknowledgement email back.  It does mention an address to send a complaint to - but i was hoping to give the Archives a second chance first.  The thing is - when we applied to the MOD we sent the cheque AND the death certificates - but they sent them back (2 years later) with the notification that the request had been passed to TNA - but the MOD returned the death certificate - so i don't even know if TNA know that both fathers/grandfathers have passed away.   

The bit that gets me is - quote " Please be aware that requests made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have to be treated as applicant blind. Therefore, being next-of-kin can have no bearing on the outcome of this request for information. Information released under FOI is released to the public at large, not just to a requester. This is why we have to review these records for sensitivities."
 

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World War Two / Request for WW2 Army Service Records - being told i will have to wait until 2029
« on: Thursday 26 January 23 00:29 GMT (UK)  »
Hi - just thought i'd see if anyone else has received the responses i have had to my application for my grandfathers service records.   Having applied 2 years ago we recently were informed the records had been passed to the National Archives, and our payments were cancelled - but the Archives have now been in touch and said we can't access the records until 2029 and 2032 respectively !  115 years after birth - and reason given is "Medical Records"  -  both grandfathers have sadly been deceased for 25+ years .   We have the service numbers and death certificates, but i am at a loss on what to do next - my parents really wanted to know about their fathers, and are very disappointed - as both are in their mid 70s and feel they won't be around for the release date :-(

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World War Two / Re: RAOC North Africa , how and where to start ?
« on: Saturday 14 November 20 17:07 GMT (UK)  »
Many thanks for your reply and helpful information -  his name was  Samuel Charles Bellamy,  I remember snippets of stories but so wish i'd noted it down at the time,  i know he met my Grandmother during the war whilst she was in the WVS and he was based somewhere near worksop at what he described as one of the biggest secret ammo dumps.   But whether he finished the war there i don't know. I feel really bad for not taking the time to learn their story, he and his brothers who were all in the army.  So anything i can find out now i can ensure i can pass on to my sons.
Thanks again.   

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World War Two / RAOC North Africa , how and where to start ?
« on: Thursday 12 November 20 23:35 GMT (UK)  »
Good day to you,  i am at the start of what i believe may be a long journey into trying to find out information about my paternal Grandfather who served in WW2.
My understanding is that he served in the RAOC, in North Africa and then back in England in Nottinghamshire. 
I have him being called up in May 1940, and being discharged from the Army in December 1945, with the Rank of   P/S/CDR   which searches on line point to him being a Conductor ?  I also have reference to  H.Q.9   B.A.D  MEF  ?   
I also have a 7 digit number which i believe was his service number but am not 100% sure -   7630308      There was another number listed in notes left to me which is  30783 ?
Any guidance on a way forward would be much appreciated -   even if just to confirm that   P/S/CDR  does mean Conductor ?  And that the 7 digit number is likely to be his service number ?
Many thanks

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