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Offline littlefacey

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Royal Artilley Attestation
« on: Saturday 10 February 24 14:59 GMT (UK) »
Hello,

I came across this record for Roy Francis Beedell however I don't really know what it means?

Could anyone help?
Morralley, Morrallee, Moralee, Felton, Paxton, Schonbeck

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Re: Royal Artilley Attestation
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 11 February 24 12:05 GMT (UK) »
When he attested for the Royal Artillery he was given the army number 1644693. It looks like he was transferred to the Wiltshire Regiment in either August or December 1944.
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Re: Royal Artilley Attestation
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 11 February 24 14:27 GMT (UK) »
Definitely 8 December. Depending on which battalion he joined he might have fought either in Burma (1st bn) or NorthWest Europe (2nd, 3rd and 4th Bns). He was attested in 1940

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Re: Royal Artilley Attestation
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 18 February 24 18:03 GMT (UK) »
He was initially in a light anti aircraft unit. Due to a massive shortfall of Infantry soldiers after the Normandy campaign a lot of soldiers from the support Corps and RAF were transferred en mass to the Infantry, your man was one of them.
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