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WW 2 - Army service record - where to post?
« on: Saturday 19 September 15 16:25 BST (UK) »
Yesterday I received my Uncle's WW 2 army service record.

Some of the handwriting is hard to decipher.

Is it best to post scans here or in the armed forces section?

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Re: WW 2 - Army service record - where to post?
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 19 September 15 16:58 BST (UK) »
I would have said.   World War Two category

But, seeing s you.  Have started here why not try here now?
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« Reply #2 on: Saturday 19 September 15 17:19 BST (UK) »
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I would have said.   World War Two category

But, seeing s you.  Have started here why not try here now?

Thanks ScouseBoy, maybe I will, I'm sure it'll get moved by a mod if this isn't the best place to post it. Thanks again.

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Re: WW 2 - Army service record - where to post?
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 19 September 15 17:22 BST (UK) »
Post it now if you can, while I m still on line

They love their abbreviations in the armed forces and mod
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Re: WW 2 - Army service record - where to post?
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 19 September 15 18:13 BST (UK) »
I need to scan them first, but shouldn't take me too long  :)

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Re: WW 2 - Army service record - where to post?
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 19 September 15 18:53 BST (UK) »
Here are some of the documents I received. I haven't yet had the chance to figure out some of the abbreviations, but if anyone wishes to enlighten me on those, then feel free.

The first page is quite legible until the bottom handwritten paragraph which I'm struggling with. Nice handwriting but really hard to read.

I've had to greatly reduce the image size due to the filesize restrictions on RC - maybe I should upload to an external host site?

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Re: WW 2 - Army service record - where to post?
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 19 September 15 18:58 BST (UK) »
Here's a cropped section of that hard to read section - at a higher resolution

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« Reply #7 on: Saturday 19 September 15 19:02 BST (UK) »
RTU   Return to Unit
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Re: WW 2 - Army service record - where to post?
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 19 September 15 19:37 BST (UK) »
Thanks, I now have the Army Personnel Centre's full list of abbreviations, and CTBA is 'ceased to be attached' - so really it's the written info within that paragraph (now I have the abbreviations explained) that I'm trying to decipher.