Hi. I am trying to find the war records for my father and uncle in WW2 and as I have no Regiment or Service Number cannot get anywhere.T have tried Forces War Records site but to no avail as there are so many. Does anyone know of a site which gives next of kin on enlistment. Also I have a gt uncle who could have been in WW1 and the same thing happens no next of kin on either enlistment or even death if he was ever in the war. Many thanks. Kath McNally

Hi, The government hold the records of WW2 service men - but you can apply for them if you are next of kin. See: https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/apply-for-someone-elses-records However, one of the pieces of information which they need to process your request is a service number - which you have not got. I'm not sure how far they can go if you don't have that information, but it might be worth contacting them. Be prepared for a long wait - it's a slow process. Regards, Dave Swarbrick On 4 June 2018 at 21:48, Samuel McNally <kathandsam@eircom.net> wrote: > Hi. I am trying to find the war records for my father and uncle in WW2 and > as I have no Regiment or Service Number cannot get anywhere.T have tried > Forces War Records site but to no avail as there are so many. Does anyone > know of a site which gives next of kin on enlistment. Also I have a gt > uncle who could have been in WW1 and the same thing happens no next of kin > on either enlistment or even death if he was ever in the war. Many thanks. > Kath McNally > > _______________________________________________ > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > GENUKI - a virtual reference library of genealogical information. > http://www.genuki.org.uk/ > > Contact the list administrator at LancsGen-admin@rootsweb.com > > :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > _______________________________________________ > Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref > > Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/postorius/lists/ > lancsgen@rootsweb.com/ > > Archives: https://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/hyperkitty/list/ > lancsgen@rootsweb.com/ > > Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: > https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 > > RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb > community >

Hi Kath WW1 & WW2 need to be considered completely differently WW2 service records are still with the MOD and will be until 2030 You can apply for them using the relevant forms Its a £30 non returnable fee https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records If you post the name and details of the man in WW1 we can look further but keep in mind that roughly two thirds of WW1 service records were lost in WW2 Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 04/06/2018 21:48, Samuel McNally wrote: > Hi. I am trying to find the war records for my father and uncle in WW2 and as I have no Regiment or Service Number cannot get anywhere.T have tried Forces War Records site but to no avail as there are so many. Does anyone know of a site which gives next of kin on enlistment. Also I have a gt uncle who could have been in WW1 and the same thing happens no next of kin on either enlistment or even death if he was ever in the war. Many thanks. Kath McNally

Going to be difficult, if it is an unusual name then they might be able to find without a service number. You could try local papers, there were sometimes mentions at the end of the war of local servicemen returning home. Any mention in the paper during the war will be unlikely to give any detail though there could be clues. If he married whilst still serving then the certificate might give rank and regiment. He should have got the standard service medals, are they listed anywhere? Was he a member of the RBL after the war, do they have any records? Martin Briscoe Fort William Ancestry DNA, FTDNA (B68554), GEDMatch (A374507) -----Original Message----- From: Samuel McNally [mailto:kathandsam@eircom.net] Sent: Monday, June 4, 2018 9:49 PM To: LANCSGEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [LAN] War Records Hi. I am trying to find the war records for my father and uncle in WW2 and as I have no Regiment or Service Number cannot get anywhere.T have tried Forces War Records site but to no avail as there are so many. Does anyone know of a site which gives next of kin on enlistment. Also I have a gt uncle who could have been in WW1 and the same thing happens no next of kin on either enlistment or even death if he was ever in the war. Many thanks. Kath McNally

On Mon, 4 Jun 2018 at 22:37, Martin Briscoe (W10 laptop) <list@mbriscoe.me.uk> wrote: > > Going to be difficult, if it is an unusual name then they might be able to > find without a service number. > Shouldn't be a problem (he said optimistically and / or naively!) - the Army forms on the site are clear, SERVICE NUMBER AND/OR DATE OF BIRTH MUST BE INCLUDED So if you have no Service Number, a date of birth should work. Adrian