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ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 22 Sep 2019 21:08

24/03/1945 was the start date of Operation Varsity, part of the Rhineland Offensive.

https://liberationroute.com/the-netherlands/stories/t/the-rhineland-offensive

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Varsity


"Royal Signals were involved in most of the WW2 campaigns with a significant presence in France and Belgium 1940, Norway 1940, Western Desert 1940-1942, Tunisia 1942-1943, Italy 1944, 1945, 21st Army Group, North West Europe 1944-1945."
https://www.royalsignalsmuseum.co.uk/corps-history/
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Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Pebbles13

Pebbles13 Report 14 Oct 2019 15:42

Thanks so much. You've been such a big help :-)

greyghost

greyghost Report 14 Oct 2019 17:00

You might be able to order a death certificate from the GRO. You will have to register but it's free to do so. Then follow the "place an order" section and then ? use the Archive reference ARR2 when they ask for the GRO reference - or ring and check 0300 123 1837

https://www.gro.gov.uk

Gro War Death Army Other Ranks (1939 To 1948)

Source Gro War Death Army Other Ranks (1939 To 1948)
Archive reference ARR2
Volume 16
War Second World War, 1939-1945
Record set British Armed Forces And Overseas Deaths And Burials
First name(s) Arthur
Sex Male
Last name Oldham
Death year 1945
Birth year -
Service number 4860807
Rank Lance Corporal
Unit or regiment Royal Signals
Type Armed Forces
Page 252
Registration year -
Branch of service -
Decoration -
Records year range 1945
Line number 42
Archive
General Register Office
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

No idea what it might say bearing in mind the number of deaths at the time - may say nothing more for example than 'died of wounds' but you never know

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