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MY DAD
I HAVE HIS WW2 ARMY PAYBOOK AND DISCHARGE APERS,HE NEVER TOLD US MUCH
ABOUT THE WAR YEARS BUT THE OTHER DAY I FINALY LOOKED AT THEM PROPPERLY
AND SOME SEARCHING I KNOW WHY
HE WAS A ROYAL ENGINEER THE EIGHTH ARMY
HE WAS A DESERT RAT,HIS JOB WAS GOING INTO A VILLIAGE BEFOE THE REST
AND DEFUSING BOOBY TRAPS AND MINE FIELDS
I NEVER REALISED HOW BRAVE HE WAS TILL NOW
AND TO LATE TO TELL HIM SO
HE HAD MALARIA QUITE BAD LIKE MANY N THE HOSPITAL UNIT BUT SOON
SHIPPED BACK TO THE FRONT IN QUICK TIME,
WHEN DICHARGED HE WAS IN GERMANY,

IM APPLYING FOR HIS FULL RECORDS NOW,
DAD YOU WERE A VERY BRAVE MAN

My father was in Palestine 1946 - 1948. I have his army pay book, discharge papers and he sent for his army records just before he passed away. My brother has his medals and together with his photo created a display in a frame. As my son was in the army for nearly 15 years I decided to do a scrapbook of his career and overseas deployment. At the end of the book I have included details of my father's army life, my father-in-laws war effort in the National Fire Brigade and my great grandfather's army life in WW1 including a photo of his headstone in France (he was killed in action). I wanted my son and eventually my grandson to have a record of his family's military history.

Sue

I'm planning to get my Dad's war papers, he was in France and Germany after D-Day, in the West Somerset Yeomanry (gunners). I don't know much, other than that he went missing at one point in France whilst despatch riding on a motorbike. I would also like to see his older brother's details - he was badly wounded in a tank in North Africa. Fleshing out the bones of ancestors, recent and ancient, is so interesting (and moving).

would i be able to get my paternal great grand parents ive seen 2 letters that were sent to his wife one week saying he was dead then a letter came dated after his allegded death then a week or so later another death notice letter, there were 2 men in same locality with same names, thanks xx puss xx