WW2 Advice please. Finding a Service Number

[olive_oyl]

Good morning!
I'm after some advice please, re: my Grandfather who fought in WW2.
I have no information on what regiment he was in or his service number.
How do I go about finding him, I'm new to all this?

This is what I know:

Henry Charles Hall
Born. 1911
From Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
He was in Benghazi & Italy.
He survived the war
He dies in Hemel Hempstead 1993

Thank you in advance

[BJ Smith]

You do not require regiment or service number to obtain his service record which will give you a good starting point. Details from the MOD and relevant forms are available on their website.

Good luck Brian

[simmo1]

Hi

Looking at his cap he was in the Royal Artillery, so you could mention that too.
Here is website- https://www.veterans-uk.info/service_...e_records.html

regards

Robert

[dizzy1]

Hi If Simmo1 is right about that cap badge, i've found a record of a H C Hall as a P.O.W in Poland he was a gunner in the Royal Artillery. He was in Stalag 20b Marienburg, P.O.W number 16872 and his service number is 548126. Hope that helps

Ruth

[olive_oyl]

Wow!! Thank you Ruth for finding this for me, I'm certainly going to look into this. And thank you Robert for your help.
Sorry for the late reply lol.

[Peter Goodey]

Don't jump to conclusions. There are several men named Henry Charles Hall listed as attesting for the Royal Artillery for WW2 (see Findmypast)