We have one happy family with the return of Randall Packard's lost WW2 dog tags to his daughter in Nebraska.
I wonder if we can make another family happy? Stanley Thompson's dog tags from WW2 have still not made it home.
our wonderful readers found Randall's wife, son, daughter and grandchildren. I know they can do the same for Stanley.
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Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Military. Show all posts
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Monday, May 17, 2010
Help Find a WW2 Soldier from Illinois
The Olive Tree Genealogy Blog has another interesting little puzzle. Jill in Australia found another Dog Tag belonging to an American WW2 soldier. Please drop by and read the story. Maybe you can help get the Dog tags back to a descendant.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Military Records in United Kingdom
Beryle asked:
Olive Tree Answer: Hello Beryle, If you have not yet checked Documents Online at The National Archives I urge you to do so.
DocumentsOnline allows you online access to The National Archives' collection of digitised public records, including academic and family history sources. It is free of charge. There are many WW1 and WW2 records there. Walter's military records should give his place and date of birth.
I am trying t o find my husbands aunt and her husband . All I have ais the marriage certificate and a few rumours in the family. They were married in 139 in Portsmouth UK he was a bombardier in the royal artillery there ia a story he was Amercan or Canadian and they went back afer the war . I have checked the war deaths I have tried the shipping recordsI have a army number on the certificate it is W893646 there could be another number after the W but I am not sure.There name is Walter and Barbara Wright she was Constant before her marriage.
Olive Tree Answer: Hello Beryle, If you have not yet checked Documents Online at The National Archives I urge you to do so.
DocumentsOnline allows you online access to The National Archives' collection of digitised public records, including academic and family history sources. It is free of charge. There are many WW1 and WW2 records there. Walter's military records should give his place and date of birth.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Searching in Canada for Englishman
Bill & Helen wrote:
MY ANSWER: Helen - You didn't give us an idea of John's date of birth so it's difficult to check for you but there is a John Ernest Brown on the online Canadian Expeditionary Force database. See the front of his Attestation Papers. He was born 16 Jan 1881 in Twickenham London Eng. to Thomas Rhoads Brown
He says he was a naval seaman (other info there too) and is not married. The date of his enlistment is 1 May 1915. The back of his Attestation papers can also be seen.
Also see the Canadian Military Heritage Project for help with Canadian Military records and to order his full records if this is your ancestor.
QUESTION: Looking for information on a place called Fort Good Hope in the NW Terrortories. I had a great uncle John Ernest Brown who said he lived there on his marriage cert to my Grans sister when they wed in England in about 1946. He had been in the Canadian Exp Force and also in the Veterans Guard.
MY ANSWER: Helen - You didn't give us an idea of John's date of birth so it's difficult to check for you but there is a John Ernest Brown on the online Canadian Expeditionary Force database. See the front of his Attestation Papers. He was born 16 Jan 1881 in Twickenham London Eng. to Thomas Rhoads Brown
He says he was a naval seaman (other info there too) and is not married. The date of his enlistment is 1 May 1915. The back of his Attestation papers can also be seen.
Also see the Canadian Military Heritage Project for help with Canadian Military records and to order his full records if this is your ancestor.
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