Hello, I'm trying to find more about my Great Uncle William Smith born 25th March 1914 in Ynyshir, Glamorgan. William died in WW2, in Burma on 18th March 1943. He was in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, service number 4189779. I didn't know until yesterday, when I put a post on the Lancashire board about him on 1939 register, that he joined the RWF on 4th October 1932, I presumed he was only in the Army during the war.
This information was kindly found for me -
William Smith 4189779
Royal Welch Fusiliers
Attested 4-10-32 Regular Army
period for which enlisted in years 7/5
date of birth 25-3-14
missing believed killed Burma 18/3/43
P R M believed killed now reported killed in action Burma 18/3/43
So he joined army in 1932, would the 7/5 mean for 7 and a half years ? would that mean he finished in the army in 1939 and re joined to fight in WW2 at a later date. Sorry not very knowledgeable about these things !
Have searched for him on Forces War Records site, but do not have a subscription to it, and found 3 records for him, 2 for 1943 the year he was killed and one for 1946 which I'm a bit confused about as obviously he had been dead then for 3 years.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated
