WW2 Royal Artillery Tracer Cards 1939-1948

[BumbleB]

Ancestry have just released this collection.

[MaxD]

Good news thanks for highlighting this!!

Bad news - small print - Please also be aware that not every member of the RA will have a corresponding Tracer Card but this collection will include all surviving cards. 

MaxD

[greenrig]

Thank you. Already had a successful search and find for my father in this source.
His middle name is very badly garbled in the transctiption and index.

[MaxD]

Glad to hear it.  It was my failure to find my father that lead me to read the small print. That said, I did find another chap whose record I already had.  Win some lose some!

MaxD

[greenrig]

Well, in my case, the name was badly garbled in transcription. I'm guessing the transcriptions were done by people whose first language was not English.  So you may want to search with some "inventive" spelling variations, or by service number etc....

[MaxD]

Not there by service number - I have got his records so this was purely for academic interest, proves the small print!

More small print - this is a first release with surnames A-P, remainder to be added later.

Max

[Philnut]

Could anyone help with finding when my relative, Robert Bird, enlisted please, service number 1114619?
He joined the 85th Anti Tank Regiment Royal Artillery. Does his service number indicate when he joined? He died in Singapore on the 15th February 1942.
Phil

[Ashtone]

Hi Phil - His enlistment year may have been 1940. Find My Past have a 1940 record (with image) for your Robert Bird in the Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942 collection. These records often list the soldier's home address and occupation at time of enlistment.

[Philnut]

Hi Phil - His enlistment year may have been 1940. Find My Past have a 1940 record (with image) for your Robert Bird in the Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942 collection. These records often list the soldier's home address and occupation at time of enlistment.

Hi Hillhurst,

Thanks for the reply. Do you know what type of record this is on Find My Past? I'm signed up to 'Ancestry" website but not FindMyPast. It's gets expensive when you subscribe to more than one.
Cheers
Phil