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6th Airborne Divison

Discussion in 'Military Service Records & Genealogical Research' started by r30rvp, Jun 6, 2014.

  1. r30rvp

    r30rvp New Member

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    Hello all

    I have just starting to look into my Granddad service history.

    All we know he was the 2nd Wave of hamilcars to land at pegasus bridge June 1944. He was 1 of 3 to land that day.

    I have no service number so i need to find that first I'm sure.

    Can anybody point me in the right direction.

    May thanks in advance

    Rachel
     
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  2. Drew5233

    Drew5233 Member

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    Hi Rachel

    Do you know what unit he was in within the Division? Units have war diaries that, in short, give a day to day account of what the unit was doing. If you don't know for sure you should order a copy of his service records from the MoD. They cost £30 but will list all of his units and when he was with them.

    Cheers
    Andy
     
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  3. r30rvp

    r30rvp New Member

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    Pass!!

    we understand he moved around a lot!! I have been put in the right direction into getting the right forms to request this information.

    Are ww2 war diaries readily available from Kew like ww1 are??

    Cheers

    Rachel
     
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