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William Maher, Royal Navy
« on: Wednesday 02 November 22 10:22 GMT (UK) »
My late uncle William Maher was born in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland in 1911. He married in 1937 and emigrated to England sometime soon after that. I am unsure of the date he joined the Royal Navy but know he was on two ships the Ark Royal and the Dorsetshire. He told stories of being torpedoed twice so I am assuming it was 1941 on the Ark Royal and 1942 on the Dorsetshire. How could I go about finding out more about his Royal Navy career? Rootschatters have been a great help to me in finding out more about William's father also William who was a local hero In Dún Laoghaire for saving some people during the sinking of the RMS Leinster on 10 October 1918.
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Re: William Maher, Royal Navy
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 02 November 22 11:02 GMT (UK) »

Service records for all personnel serving after 1920 are still with the MOD.
See: https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records

There is a fee of £30, and you will need a copy of his Death Certificate.
These records are NOT online anywhere.


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Re: William Maher, Royal Navy
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 02 November 22 17:18 GMT (UK) »
Thank you Kiltaglassan. Will check that out.
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Re: William Maher, Royal Navy
« Reply #3 on: Friday 02 December 22 09:42 GMT (UK) »
The MOD are going through the process of transferring WW2 records to the national archive in London. If the records have been trnasfered then its a free FOI request rather than £30 and a death certificate.

P.s I have a quite a bit of info on Williams fathers military service including his service records, if you are interested.

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Re: William Maher, Royal Navy
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 11 March 23 15:55 GMT (UK) »
Good evening Jim82
I am just seeing your post from 2 Dec 2022 now. Not getting emails anymore about replies. I would love to see some more on William seniors military service. I never met him but his son also William was my uncle by marriage and such a wonderful character. I have gone off on tangents at the moment on the family history but would love more about the Mahers.
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Re: William Maher, Royal Navy
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 11 March 23 21:19 GMT (UK) »
Hi Ourgang

I'm more than happy to share what I know about him and also have a copy of his service records. He was a prisoner of war in the Boer War. I'd love to know any information you have on him that is missing from what I have. I know almost nothing about him post 1920. If you could P.M me your email I will send through what I have.

Best wishes

Jim
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