Military Records

[David Capewell]

My wife has two ancestors (now deceased) who enlisted in the army sometime after 1920 (I assume for a 2-year service) and then re-enlisted as part of the national call-up for the Second World War.  In both cases nothing is known about their army service(s).  Because of the 100 year privacy law (and my limited and naive knowledge about available research tools) I have been unable to find any reference to either of their service dates, army units and/or activities.  Can anyone help?  The individuals are:-

Frederick Richard Carder – Born 1909

William Henry Bradley – Born 1902

Regards

[KenofNorwich]

Military service records are not subject to any ‘100 year’ rule, WW1 records, such as have survived, have been available on Ancestry for several years.

WW2 service records can be purchased from the MOD, here is their web site

https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records

Note the 3rd bullet point below!!! The cost is £30 none refundable, even if they do not find anything. Good hunting.
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<p style=”border: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.31579;”>You can apply for a copy of someone else’s service records if any of the following apply:</p>

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<li style=”border: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;”>you’ve got consent from their immediate next of kin
<li style=”border: none; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;”>you have a general research interest – you’ll only have access to limited information, unless they died more than 25 years ago

<p style=”border: none; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.31579;”>You need to know the person’s full name, date of birth and service number.</p>
<p style=”border: none; margin: 20px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.31579;”>Fill in 2 forms – a request form and a search form.</p>

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