Hi
I have been told many stories that my great grandad was one of the first people to map Malaysia. I know he definately worked in the Ordnance Survey as he says he is a cartographer on BMD records. My nan also told me last night that my grandad was born in Edinburgh because it was where my great grandad was based while doing this mapping.
The Ordnance Survey says on their website that they do not have copies of personnel records, so is there any way of finding out if my grandad did actually go to Malaysia and map it (there was also a story that my grandads little dog was eaten by a snake). I have ordered a copy of my grandads birth certificate in Edinburgh, but my nan thought that my great grandad was actually in the army doing it and was some sort of sergeant. Is this likely to be true too?
If it helps my grandad was born in 1933
I have been told many stories that my great grandad was one of the first people to map Malaysia. I know he definately worked in the Ordnance Survey as he says he is a cartographer on BMD records. My nan also told me last night that my grandad was born in Edinburgh because it was where my great grandad was based while doing this mapping.
The Ordnance Survey says on their website that they do not have copies of personnel records, so is there any way of finding out if my grandad did actually go to Malaysia and map it (there was also a story that my grandads little dog was eaten by a snake). I have ordered a copy of my grandads birth certificate in Edinburgh, but my nan thought that my great grandad was actually in the army doing it and was some sort of sergeant. Is this likely to be true too?
If it helps my grandad was born in 1933
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