Bit of advice

[Groundbased]

I wonder if anyone here could point me in the right direction.

I'm trying to find out about my Dad's service record. After serving in the RNVR from 1943 on Minelayers and subsequently Tank Landing Craft he was transferred to the Fleet Air Arm at Nutts Corner in Northern Ireland in Intelligence until demobbed at the end of the war.

So far I've not been able to find out anything at the National Archive online, or the RNVR records. Just wondered if someone could advise me on any other avenues I can search? Where would I go for Fleet Air Arm records?

Unfortunately he's not in a condition where he can remember or tell me much about it, and never wanted to talk about it in the past.

Thanks in advance.

GB

[GalleyTeapot]

The RAF has a Disclosures section at Cranwell which provides such info for ex RAF pers, perhaps the FAA has something similar ?

[Pontius Navigator]

Try Stephen Wilkins [[email protected]]; on behalf of; TNTUK Pan Gov Contract - Navy Search [[email protected]]

He said:

Unfortunately we do not hold the records for RNR or WWII.

The records are held at the following:

The National Archives
Ruskin Avenue
Kew
Surrey
TW9 4DU

0208 876 3444

The National Archives (http://www.pro.gov.uk).

however he had provided records for my wife's grandfather who was in the RNPS so you never know.

[mmitch]

Would the Fleet Air Arm Museum be able to help? I'm sure they get enquires and should at least be able to point in the right direction.
Contact the World's second largest naval aviation Museum (http://www.fleetairarm.com/contact-aviation-museum.aspx)
mmitch.

[unclenelli]

I'm in the process of doing the same with my Grandad's Army record.

Was extremely disappointed that the non-refundable £30 cheque wasn't being cashed for weeks & weeks, then a couple of days before Xmas received a letter stating they had a backlog and it would take 9-12 months!!! and offering a refund on a non-refundable charge (Must be the proliferation of ancestry websites and TV programmes) It has since been cashed, so I'm hoping that the process has started.

Also included in the letter was contacts for the other services:

RN
Officers born 1914 and later, Ratings enlisted 1924 and later
DNPers
Disclosure Cell
MP G-2
Room 48
West Battery
Whale Island
Portsmouth
PO2 8SX
0239262 8654/8666/8667/8670/8671

Officers born before 1914, Ratings enlisted before 1924
The National Archives
Ruskin Avenue
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU
020 8876 3444
The National Archives (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk)
[email protected]


There is a 2 part form available on DII from SPVA.
One part is the request for information on your Dad (Name, DoB*, Service No*, Discharge Date - * At least one or the other to stand any chance of success)
The other part is consent of 1st living NoK.
If applicant is living spouse, then the £30 charge is waivered.
Details are censored/limited/incomplete if death occured within last 25 years to respect the family - A copy of Death Certificate is required. Middlesbrough charged me £10 for this after a web-search gave me his reference number - place & date of death are required to make search easier.




Other Services - for all records earlier than listed, see National Archive as above

Army
Officers ending service after April 1922 and Soldiers ending service after Jan 1921
Army Personnel Centre
Support Division
Parliamentary & Disclosure Branch
Historical Disclosures
Mail Point 555
Kentigern House
65 Brown Street
Glasgow
G2 8EX
0141 224 23335
[email protected]


Officers & Soldiers of Foot Guards
Regimental Headquarters
The ............. Guards (Grenadier/Coldstream/Scots/Irish/Welsh)
Wellington Barracks
Birdcage Walk
London
SW1E 6HQ


RM
Officers & Soldiers enlisted after 1925
Fleet DN Pers Disclosure Cell
MP G-2
Room 48
West Battery
Whale Island
Portsmouth
PO2 8SX


RAF
Officers ending service in 1920 or later, Airmen ending service in 1928 or later
RAF Disclosures
Room 6
Trenchard Hall
RAF Cranwell
Sleaford
Lincolnshire
NG34 8HB
01400 261201 x 8176/8172/8173


Medal Enquiries
MOD Medal Office
Building 250
Imjin Barracks
Gloucester
GL3 1HW
0800 085 3600 (from UK only)


Regimental Histories
The Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
020 7416 5000
Imperial War Museums (http://www.iwm.org.uk)


War Graves Enquiries
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2 Marlow Road
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 7DX
01628 634221
CWGC - Homepage (http://www.cwgc.org)


Indian Army Officer's Records
British Library
Asia, Pacoific & Africa Collection
96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
THE BRITISH LIBRARY - The world's knowledge (http://www.bl.uk)


War Pension Enquiries
Service Personnel Veterans Agency
Norcross
Thornton Cleveleys
FY5 3WP
0800 169 2277 (from uk only)
Veterans-UK (http://www.veterans-uk.info)


Identification of Uniforms
National Army Museum
Royal Hospital Road
Chelsea
London
SW3 4HT
0207 730 0717
National Army Museum, London (http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk)

[SoleilRumRation]

Send this form to Portsmouth:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/36206/request_for_service_details_nok_application_part1_v5.pdf