Hi Rosalind To obtain his service records you would need to be the soldier himself or his next of kin and be able to prove it (by certificates or other means) Are you sure he was in WW2? he would be very old for service overseas 1939 on, at 50 years of age he would be more likely to serve at home if at all If born 1891 he would be of an age to serve in WW1 Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >I wonder if anyone can help me ? My relative , Percy Roberts ( born 1891 >Banbury to blacksmith Thomas/Emily Roberts ) was in the Bucks Regiment ( is >that the 1st.Bat. Ox & Bucks Regiment ? ) during WW2 and all I know is that >he worked on the infamous Changi Railway . I have no other information >about him ( wife , children etc ) so not being the direct relative , how >can I get his Army records to fill in a few gaps ?( this might tell me if >he married ) > Hopefully , > Rosalind .
Nivard , Well spotted - I just took it as being the truth ! My mother was the memory-keeper for my father's ( Roberts ) side as well as her own , but she may well have muddled some of his relatives , as there's also the story of someone serving under Roberts in Africa . I always thought that a bit far-fetched - a Roberts serving under a Roberts ! - but this may be our Percy . I shall have to do some researching as to the timings of his Africa campaign . We didn't do much "modern " history at school , so I don't know much about that era . Regards , Rosalind . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Bucks Regimnt records > Hi Rosalind > > To obtain his service records you would need to be the soldier himself or > his next of kin and be able to prove it (by certificates or other means) > > Are you sure he was in WW2? he would be very old for service overseas 1939 > on, at 50 years of age he would be more likely to serve at home if at all > > If born 1891 he would be of an age to serve in WW1 > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >>I wonder if anyone can help me ? My relative , Percy Roberts ( born 1891 >>Banbury to blacksmith Thomas/Emily Roberts ) was in the Bucks Regiment ( >>is >>that the 1st.Bat. Ox & Bucks Regiment ? ) during WW2 and all I know is >>that >>he worked on the infamous Changi Railway . I have no other information >>about him ( wife , children etc ) so not being the direct relative , how >>can I get his Army records to fill in a few gaps ?( this might tell me if >>he married ) >> Hopefully , >> Rosalind . > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/eng-banbury-area > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
Hi again Dangerous things family stories <g> Where did the Bucks regt come into it? Is your Percy a Percy J ROBERTS ? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Nivard , > Well spotted - I just took it as being the truth ! My mother was the > memory-keeper for my father's ( Roberts ) side as well as her own , but > she > may well have muddled some of his relatives , as there's also the story of > someone serving under Roberts in Africa . I always thought that a bit > far-fetched - a Roberts serving under a Roberts ! - but this may be our > Percy . I shall have to do some researching as to the timings of his > Africa > campaign . We didn't do much "modern " history at school , so I don't know > much about that era . > Regards , > Rosalind .
Nivard , I've no idea how Bucks came into it - I just wrote down what Mum said ! I have no second name for him at baptism , though he might have gained one later , I guess . Regards , Rosalind . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <eng-banbury-area@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:55 PM Subject: Re: [BAN] Bucks Regimnt records > Hi again > > Dangerous things family stories <g> > > Where did the Bucks regt come into it? > > Is your Percy a Percy J ROBERTS ? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > >> Nivard , >> Well spotted - I just took it as being the truth ! My mother was the >> memory-keeper for my father's ( Roberts ) side as well as her own , but >> she >> may well have muddled some of his relatives , as there's also the story >> of >> someone serving under Roberts in Africa . I always thought that a bit >> far-fetched - a Roberts serving under a Roberts ! - but this may be our >> Percy . I shall have to do some researching as to the timings of his >> Africa >> campaign . We didn't do much "modern " history at school , so I don't >> know >> much about that era . >> Regards , >> Rosalind . > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List archives are at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/eng-banbury-area > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-BANBURY-AREA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >