Military Chat

I have found a family photo of My Uncle Frank in an army uniform He served in Palestine WW2 .that's all I have 1942 he was 18yrs old from St Helens Merseyside ? can anyone help at all Thank You

What information are you trying to find about him?

Kath. x

Kath which regiment or post he held .his son has asked me if I can find anything .but no real info only the one photo .a bit of a stab in the dark really Barbra

Could this be his birth? :-

First name(s) FRANK
Last name CAIN
Birth year 1924
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's last name BRIERS
District PRESCOT
County Lancashire
Country England
Volume 8B
Page 1477

Kath. x

WW2 service records are not online - they are still with the MOD. Details of how to order them are here:-

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records

The cost is £30 and you have to meet certain criteria to order them.

Kath. x

Yes Kath That's Him x its his military life ? he survived the war .

On the photo you have is he wearing a cap with a badge on it? If so is it possible to scan the photo and enlarge it so that you could check the cap badge?

Kath. x

Oh Thank you will tell my Cousin & see if he wants to look further .Many thanks Barbra x

sorry no he is in short sleeve shirt no hat .thanks for your help x

There are only 2 Frank Cain's listed on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site, one who died 1945 aged 34 and the other aged 28 in 1944 - both have parents in the West Midlands area, so it looks as though he survived the War.

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead

Barbra, has his shirt got any visible badges or other insignia on it, which might help identify the regiment? If not, I think your only hope is getting his records, as Kathleen said.

As next of kin, his son can apply for them.

Your uncle, or aunt if he's dead, can apply.for his service record - I think it might be free for them, but probably they're both dead. In that case, anyone can apply, but there's a difference in the amount of info in the record between what his son will get compared with his niece, so his son should apply for the record - Kath has given the web addy above..

Many Thanks for your replies yes he did survive the war ,.But both he & my Aunty are deceased .My cousin will have to look himself .as you say next of kin Thank you Barbra :-)