Had to have a giggle at your post, Rove, as I always understood my dad was in R.E.M.E., but he certainly doesn't fit your description. Handyman was never a word used in the same sentence as his name, unless you included the word 'not'. I think the only bit of DIY he ever did was to put up a very small shelf in the kitchen. I think he must have put it up by measuring the distance from the ceiling - or else he used a wonky spirit-level.
Though he did work for the local electrical company before he got called up, though I think it must have been a pen-pusher's job because he certainly wasn't an electrician.
Pam
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13-03-2009, 12:07 PM #11
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22-07-2016, 9:36 AM #12
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Hi...Am trying to research my father's Military Service. He was Craftsman Roland Stephen Alexander No 2760088 and he served in the R.E.M.E. in WW2 Thanks in advance
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22-07-2016, 2:19 PM #13
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Les, his service records will still be held only at the MOD.
You won't find anything online or outside of the MOD unless he had a gallantry medal, was made a POW or was killed/went missing or wounded in action.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organi...ccess-requests
This is because many full records from 1922 onwards (including WWII and National Service thereafter) are still regarded as 'restricted' and are only available from the M.O.D themselves: no one else will have full access to them.
Thi is an old thread but JIC anyone is reading it all the way through 'procat' was incorrect -WWII campaign medals do not have names/numbers engraved upon them.
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08-11-2018, 11:36 AM #14
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REME was formed in 1942 ww11 , I served with them from 72 to 78 after serving 10 field workshops Tidworth ,this is where my father was born strangely enough ,
Then attached to 1 RRF in CAMBRIDGE where I travelled world wide attached to Z company in NI where I was the first non fusilier to receive the Z company merit award for services in NI.
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