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Unable to locate name of WWII service number

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Blanche

Blanche Report 30 Dec 2012 16:16

Help please. Alred Fear, was a driver and mechanic, served in The middle east. He also probably served with or as a military policeman in Germany at the end of the war.
I would love to locate his records, but need his service number to proceed.
I do no think he received a military pension, or was a member of the British Legion.
Alred never achieved a rank higher than private.
Any help would be appreciated

wisechild

wisechild Report 30 Dec 2012 16:25

Pretty sure there are no WW2 records available on line at present.

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 30 Dec 2012 16:25

Are you sure about this? I was under the impression that next of kin could apply for the records without this info - after all, most of us wouldn't know the service number. If you are not the next-of-kin I don't think you can obtain them anyway.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/prose01/WW2_Army_ServiceRecord.htm

Jan

George_of_Westbury

George_of_Westbury Report 30 Dec 2012 18:02

If you are NOK have a read of the info in this link. As mentioned there are no WW2 service records in the public domain

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

George