British Nannies of Army Personnel

[winmcminn]

My mother was a nanny to British Army families from 1930 to 1936. She was with a family in Palestine in 1935/36. How can I find out what family she was with? I have many photographs of her time in Palestine but no names!

[Megan Roberts]

I think that the answer is no for two reasons:

1. Service records for military personnel serving after 1921 have not been released to the public, and
2. I would guess that the nannies would have been employed directly by the families, so there would be no official records.

Those with military knowledge would be able to say whether or not you can identify which regiments were based there at that time, but of course she could have been working for someone attached to a regiment. For instance I know an army medic who is a member of the Royal Army Medical Corp, but he is always attached to other regiments - where they go he goes.