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Vena

Vena Report 31 Jan 2013 21:24

i am trying to find military records for a mr charles shaw born in ironville derbyshire in 1907, with the help of everyone else on here we managed to find his fathers military record who was also charles shaw..
i am drawing a blank everywhere i look can anyone advise please

Vena

Vena Report 31 Jan 2013 21:26

on enlisting in the army, he was living at sheepbridge chesterfield derbyshire
his mothers name was hannah shaw
thankyou

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 31 Jan 2013 21:32

Presume you are looking for WW 2 records?

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is my hubby's maternal grandmother Harriet and her sister Nellie

Reggie

Reggie Report 31 Jan 2013 23:01

Records for service after WW1 are not in the public domain.

You have to apply for them, proving that you are the next of kin............and paying £30.00.

http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/service_records.html

Researching:
I am in no way related to anyone for whom I do lookups To acknowledge any info I may post, please do NOT click on my name. There is a large white box entitled 'Add your reply' for the purpose.

Vena

Vena Report 1 Feb 2013 20:48

thankyou everyone it helps a lot