Burma

[Poppysadream]

Can anyone one help ? Both my father and father in law served in Burma during 2nd WW, both came from Glasgow, both died before I met my husband, I would love to know if they knew each other or were in the same regiment. Unfortunately I have no other information on either of them, I have tried putting my fathers name Michael Sweeney and my father in laws name Arthur Hadnum in the search box but no results came up, how do I find out more about them.

[gortonboy]

hi WW2 service records are not online,,,so unless they won a VC,,,Or were a famous officer,,,it is unlikely you will find a reference to them anywhere online.
You could apply for your fathers service records from the MOD.

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