Following my thread re my Uncle Pat and all the help you gave identifying his uniform and death etc, here is the reply from the Navy. I think this applies to all post 1939 records. Will it be of help to the Wiki? Would need someone else to put it on there for me if it is. I also have scanned a copy of the details of kinship form. It might all make someone think twice before applying for records. I am not going to go any further with it.
FLEET HEADQUARTERS
Director of Naval Personnel
Disclosure Cell
Room 48
West Battery
Whale Island
Portsmouth
Hampshire
P028DX
IMPORTANT INFORMATION. YOUR GENEALOGICAL REQUEST FOR RN/RM DATA
Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding the service record of your deceased relative. To assist us in searching the archive it would be helpful if you could complete the enclosed 'Certificate of Kinship' form as fully as possible. Personal information from the service record of deceased ex-Servicemen and women can only be released to the official Next-of-Kin; if you are not, you will be required to provide the written consent of the Next-of-Kin named in Part 2 of the form - 'Details of Kinship'.
For all applications where the deceased person died following their discharge from Service, you are required to provide proof of death i.e. a photocopy of the Death Certificate (or a copy of their published obituary). Sufficient evidence is also required to enable a genealogical link to be established between you and the person about whom you are enquiring, e.g. photocopies of Full Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Full Adoption Certificate, Decree Absolute, Change of Name Deed etc.
A fixed, non-refundable fee of £30 is chargeable for this service, to defray the cost of searching, locating, retrieving and copying any records that may be found. However, the fee is waived where the applicant is the spouse of the deceased. Please forward a cheque drawn on a UK Bank for £30 Sterling {crossed AlC payee} made payable to "The Accounting Officer MOD ", and return it, with the completed Certificate of Kinship form and other relevant documents to the address at the head of this letter.
Although rare, there is a small risk that the record you have requested may not be found. In the case of service records covering the Second World War (1939-45), this could be due to the information being amongst those documents destroyed during the conflict.
PLEASE NOTE, INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS Will BE RETURNED UNPROCESSED.
FLEET HEADQUARTERS
Director of Naval Personnel
Disclosure Cell
Room 48
West Battery
Whale Island
Portsmouth
Hampshire
P028DX
IMPORTANT INFORMATION. YOUR GENEALOGICAL REQUEST FOR RN/RM DATA
Thank you for your recent enquiry regarding the service record of your deceased relative. To assist us in searching the archive it would be helpful if you could complete the enclosed 'Certificate of Kinship' form as fully as possible. Personal information from the service record of deceased ex-Servicemen and women can only be released to the official Next-of-Kin; if you are not, you will be required to provide the written consent of the Next-of-Kin named in Part 2 of the form - 'Details of Kinship'.
For all applications where the deceased person died following their discharge from Service, you are required to provide proof of death i.e. a photocopy of the Death Certificate (or a copy of their published obituary). Sufficient evidence is also required to enable a genealogical link to be established between you and the person about whom you are enquiring, e.g. photocopies of Full Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Full Adoption Certificate, Decree Absolute, Change of Name Deed etc.
A fixed, non-refundable fee of £30 is chargeable for this service, to defray the cost of searching, locating, retrieving and copying any records that may be found. However, the fee is waived where the applicant is the spouse of the deceased. Please forward a cheque drawn on a UK Bank for £30 Sterling {crossed AlC payee} made payable to "The Accounting Officer MOD ", and return it, with the completed Certificate of Kinship form and other relevant documents to the address at the head of this letter.
Although rare, there is a small risk that the record you have requested may not be found. In the case of service records covering the Second World War (1939-45), this could be due to the information being amongst those documents destroyed during the conflict.
PLEASE NOTE, INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS Will BE RETURNED UNPROCESSED.
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