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Offline John1967

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Help with father's occupation from birth certificate
« on: Wednesday 13 February 13 14:39 GMT (UK) »
Here is a cropped portion of an English birth certificate from 1943. This portion is the section providing details of the father's occupation. I know the father was in the British Army during World War 2 but I don't know which regiment. Can anyone decipher the text inside the parentheses?

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Re: Help with father's occupation from birth certificate
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 13 February 13 14:44 GMT (UK) »
It looks like Paint Warehouseman in the brackets?

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Re: Help with father's occupation from birth certificate
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 13 February 13 14:46 GMT (UK) »
And - 4126592 R.A.

Royal Artillery?

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ESS: Howe French Cant Annis Noakes Turner Marshall Makerow Duck Spurden Harmony
SCT: Howe Shaw Raitt Milne Forsyth Birnie Crichton Duncan McBeath Daniel Hay Robertson Jaffrey Smith McDonald Alexander Craighead
NRY: Bushby Smith Bland Iley Cunion Kendrew Thornbury Favell Lonsdale Crossland Rudd Pratt Gibson
WES; Dickenson Jackson Ewbank Waller
STS: White
SRY: Knight
DUR: Smith Littlefair
HAM: Williams Grose Lush Venson

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Re: Help with father's occupation from birth certificate
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 13 February 13 14:56 GMT (UK) »
I agree Jen...I also think the top word says Gunner.
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Re: Help with father's occupation from birth certificate
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 21 February 13 23:17 GMT (UK) »
Gunner
4126592 RA  = Royal artillery

i also thought
point cavalryman  :-\

but cant find a refernce to it with the RA
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Re: Help with father's occupation from birth certificate
« Reply #5 on: Friday 22 February 13 09:46 GMT (UK) »
I also think Paint Warehouseman.
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Re: Help with father's occupation from birth certificate
« Reply #6 on: Friday 22 February 13 09:53 GMT (UK) »
Yes, gunner in the RA and paint warehouseman
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