my father war records

[dustybaby]

hello all
i have just registered in the hope i might find some answers.
i am researching my family history for my grandchildren and since my parents died many years ago i cannot ask them.
however, my father i remember him saying he was a p.o.w. in ww2 in japan during the building of the burna bridge.
on his marriage certificate it says of him in 1948
" private royal army ordance corps"
i really dont know where to start to look for any info about his military history can anyone help please.

[Laurina]

Welcome to rootschat.

It might help if you could give more detailed information about your father - his age, place of birth etc.  A birth date would get you further back in your tree and help identify a marriage for your grandparents. It should then be possible to find your grandparents in the census and work from there. You should already know your grandfather's name and occupation from your father's marriage certificate.

I can't help but I'm sure someone on here will be able to find out something for you.

Laurina

[carol8353]

HI there and a warm welcome from me too 

There is a place you can search UK prisoners of war from WW2.

So as Laurina said,if you can give us his name we'll take a look for you.

Once you can get back to 1911 and farther,then they should all show on the census records..........should! 

Carol

[dustybaby]

many thanks. any help appreciated. details as follows

james hammond
d.o.b. 19/6/1919
barrhead
renfrew
scotland

[carol8353]

Have just checked the POW lists and they only seem to be those captured in Germany,Austria or Poland.

As he came from Scotland you may do well to have this post moved to one of the Scottish boards,where people with more local knowledge can help.

A moderator may well do that soon 

Do you want more of his military history(not sure how much WW2 stuff you can get yet though?) or more family background?
Rootschat has boards with specialists in both !

Carol

[Laurina]

To get records for Scotland you would need to go to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk - your father's birth is registered here. The birth certificate would give both your grandparents names and their marriage date. You wou need to buy 30 credits for £6 and this record would cost you about £1.20. If you already know your grandparents names it might be better to go for their marriage certificate instead.

Laurina

[dustybaby]

thank you all very much.
i do use scotlands people and have managed to get a few certificates, however with some items it says cannot . and have to order shame about that as i would like to know i have the exact details.
really appreciate all the help you gave so quickly.

[jds1949]

The National Archive at Kew has details on the men who were prisoners of the Japanese - I don't think they are available online [Series WO 367]; they also have the questionnaires which returning men were encouraged to fill out giving information about their experience.

jds1949  

[dustybaby]

many thanks for all your help
will be looking into that