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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Re: Puzzing DNA origins results on Ancestry
« on: Friday 03 May 24 11:40 BST (UK) »
Thnks for your replies. I'm pretty sure it's an IT glitch - hopefully it'll be resolved by Ancestry.
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World War Two / My father's "missing~" war years
« on: Friday 03 May 24 08:38 BST (UK) »
Hi
My father, who dies over a decade ago, always told us that he volunteered for the Navy as soon as he could after war was declared in 1939. He was categoric about this, telling us that he and 3 of his friends from the Adventure Scouts volunteered on the same day.
Dad's Naval Service record, however, only starts at 13th October 1941 but with a note “?
?? under NS (AF) Act 1939” - see attachments
Dad was 18 at the start of the war, having been born 6th May 1921. He was single, and working as a transport office clerk according to the 1939 electoral register.
Could anyone shed any light on this? How might I find what my father was up to in 1939-41?
All help gratefully received!
My father, who dies over a decade ago, always told us that he volunteered for the Navy as soon as he could after war was declared in 1939. He was categoric about this, telling us that he and 3 of his friends from the Adventure Scouts volunteered on the same day.
Dad's Naval Service record, however, only starts at 13th October 1941 but with a note “?
?? under NS (AF) Act 1939” - see attachments Dad was 18 at the start of the war, having been born 6th May 1921. He was single, and working as a transport office clerk according to the 1939 electoral register.
Could anyone shed any light on this? How might I find what my father was up to in 1939-41?
All help gratefully received!
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Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing / Puzzing DNA origins results on Ancestry
« on: Friday 03 May 24 08:24 BST (UK) »
Hi
MY DNA results suggest that my lot mostly originate from East Anglia - see "DNA ALL" attachment.
If I click on "Maternal", I get an identical map; if I click on "Paternal", however, I get nothing -see 2nd attachment. This makes no sense to me.
BTW my father's grandfather's family came from North Essex, part of East Anglia.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
MY DNA results suggest that my lot mostly originate from East Anglia - see "DNA ALL" attachment.
If I click on "Maternal", I get an identical map; if I click on "Paternal", however, I get nothing -see 2nd attachment. This makes no sense to me.
BTW my father's grandfather's family came from North Essex, part of East Anglia.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Armed Forces / Re: Meaning of "W01"?
« on: Thursday 26 October 23 08:42 BST (UK) »
Not sure what to make of this - my late father was a signalman throughout the war - see attached - he never mentioned anything about being a warrant officer
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World War Two / Ship Name
« on: Thursday 26 October 23 07:15 BST (UK) »
Can anyone decipher the highlighted ship name in the attached?
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Armed Forces / Meaning of "W01"?
« on: Thursday 26 October 23 06:57 BST (UK) »
Hi
Can anyone make any sense of the attached - what does "W01" mean?
It's from my father's naval record. 13th Oct 1935 4th anniversary of his joining the navy.
Thanks!
Can anyone make any sense of the attached - what does "W01" mean?
It's from my father's naval record. 13th Oct 1935 4th anniversary of his joining the navy.
Thanks!
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Armed Forces / Re: WW2 Naval Training Record
« on: Thursday 26 October 23 06:48 BST (UK) »
No way. Dad left school at 15 and was a (Very junior) clerk at Carter Patterson, who later became teh National Freight.
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Armed Forces / Re: Meaning of "Tenders" on Naval Record
« on: Wednesday 25 October 23 11:56 BST (UK) »Boscawen, Lynx, Attack, and Pembroke were all shore establishments.Thank you. Very helpful.
Presumably Grey Goose was used as a tender (a support vessel ) for those shore establishments at various times.
Googling "HMS Boscawen", I found it was at Portland, which I heard my father talk about - and not in flattering terms. He said that servicemen often referred to Portland Bill as "the a***hole" of England"
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Armed Forces / Re: WW2 Naval Training Record
« on: Wednesday 25 October 23 11:48 BST (UK) »"Under" rather than "Index"."Under" makes more sense - thank you
Looks like he was called up on 13 October 1941 under the authority of the National Service (Armed Forces) Act 1939.
https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/transformingsociety/private-lives/yourcountry/collections/collections-second-world-war/second-world-war-legislation/national-service-armed-forces-act-c81-1939-/
But I'm still wondering what my father was doing 1939-41.