Forum: Military - General

Hi, my husand's granddad was a Sparks operator. I'm thinking........in the Navy???? Please excuse my ignorance as I am not up on the Military. Does this mean he was in communications??? I believe this was after WW1 and before WW2. He did not serve in either. His birth name was David Gerard...

Hi all This site has enabled me to find three half brothers and thus gain some info about my birth mother (now deceased). Talking to my new siblings I have ascertained that my unknown father was a soldier during WW2 and my mother was in the ATS and possibly worked with him. Also this soldier...

Michael Walsh b abt 1842, Co Wexford, Ireland was in British Army up to and including 1878. Married Mary Elliott, b 1860 same b place and had son Michael John Walsh born Cape of Good Hope, Africa 1877. Another child Thomas b Ireland, the rest b England and is noted on 1881/1891 census. My...

I think I have a family member who was in British Army or Navy? I know nothing (!) about researching military info so any suggestions would be helpful! My Nathaniel Sadlier (b c1835) was born in Tipperary, Ireland - he didn't migrate here with the rest of the family in 1853 and may be in the...

Can anyone advise me about the Kilmainham Hospital in Dublin regarding Chelsea Pensioners. My GG Grandfather John Wood a Scot born c1807 was a Chelsea Pensioner from the 1860's until his death in June 1894. For most of the time he collected his pension in Glasgow or Aberdeen and was still in...

Hi, I'm kind of a "dunce" when it somes to military lingo........ I know what KIA means but what does DOW mean?? Thanks, Ann|blush|

I had a relative WILLIAM GEARY (born 1835) serving in the Royal Artillery married whilst posted to Canada. In the census his wife was born in West Bovil, or Brovil Canada. He has a child there before being posted to Malta where further children were born. Can anyone advise where this is in Canada...

|banghead| I wonder if someone can help please.I am trying to get enough details to get some research done at TNA, the problem is I am not sure how to find a service no. I have full name, regt served in.but I do not have dates or the service no. It seems I need this number for the research, but...

Looking for any information on Sidney Thomas Carlisle, He was a sergeant in the Norfolk Yeomanry in the early 1900's and was based in the Andaman Islands. He married Mary Newman and had three daughters one was called Nora Eveline. We cannot find any information on when and where he was born. We...

Does anybody know if there are any Home Guard records available anywhere? I am going to research my local Home Guard from Raunds, Northants and wanted to know what records might be available. I know there are some at the county records office, but they are a few bits and pieces and not full unit...

My gandfather Harold Cecil Lane (1880 Thame Oxfordshire) left me 2 RFC artifacts which our family wishes to donate to a suitable museum. The first an the RFC wings embroidered in true colours on velvet - the second is a small ashtray like dish with the wings done in brass & coloured beads between...

Can anyone out there help. I have found a military record on ancestry which shows John Mathers being part of the 4th Btn W Yorks Regiment, service no 3914. He enlisted 1892. On his service record he was awarded a medal for gallantry in the field @ what looks like Kaku Darra Pass 1898. Does...

Hi, On the 1891 census I have Mark Millard age 40 b. Kempston (Beds.), his wife Harriet age 32 b. Portsmouth and their children; Elizabeth aged 14 b. Dinapore, Harriet age 10 and Mark age 9 both b. Aldershot, James age 8 and Albert age 7 both b. Birr, Ireland, Lily age 5 and Emma age 3 both b....

Hi everyone, I am currently trying to trace someone who was a Captain in the Home Guard during the WW2. I am right in thinking that he would have had this rank or one below in WW1. How can I find out anything about him or his service record from WW1. Anybody out there who can help? Many Thanks...

After several years of researching my family tree, I'm taking the plunge into military records to learn more about relatives who served in WW1 & WW2. There's so much information, I can't find my way. Could someone please help .... I will use the following as my learning curve: I would like to...

More for those of us who are Ex-Service, but may be of interest to others. http://www.veterans-uk.info/index.html On Monday 2 April, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) officially launched the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency, aimed at improving personnel, pensions, welfare and support...

Forgive my ignorance, but I'm not entirely sure what the "RE" is - I think it is Royal Engineers. I am guessing this man's date to be 1750-1803 as I know he was dead by 1804 when his daughter, Mary Elizabeth, married John Munn. All I seem to find are William Parkers in the Navy and I was...

Hi first of all i would like to say hello ,at this moment I'm trying to find more about my grandfather ,all my family on dads side have now died so I thought I'd like to know more as i never saw or knew my Grandfather,I have been tracing my family for a good few months but i do seem to come to a...

I presume there would be no records of these people from the 1850's?? I have lost 2 generations of one family in the 1841 and 1851 censuses and wondered if father and son had gone of to fight together. (The were agricultural labourers in later census details)