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My grandad, born 1903 in Dublin, joined the British Army. I’m not sure when, but I do have a postcard that was sent to him in 1927 at the Army Barracks in Hounslow, West London. I also know he served in India at some point and got malaria.
He married my grandmother in Dublin in 1931 and by this point had left the army.
Sometime during the Second World War, he rejoined the British Army. In 1946/47 he was living at an Army camp in Yeading, Middlesex. At this point, my grandmother and their six children moved to England.
I am now the oldest surviving member of the family and I would like to obtain his army records. Does anyone know if both periods of service would be included as one record? I don’t know his army number or what regiment he was in. Also, how much detail is contained? I’m puzzled about why he joined the British Army in the first place, and then why he rejoined (he was a staunch Catholic and quite anti English when we were growing up).
As always, I wish I had asked more questions while the people that could answer them were still here!
Anyway, any advice would be appreciated. TIA
He married my grandmother in Dublin in 1931 and by this point had left the army.
Sometime during the Second World War, he rejoined the British Army. In 1946/47 he was living at an Army camp in Yeading, Middlesex. At this point, my grandmother and their six children moved to England.
I am now the oldest surviving member of the family and I would like to obtain his army records. Does anyone know if both periods of service would be included as one record? I don’t know his army number or what regiment he was in. Also, how much detail is contained? I’m puzzled about why he joined the British Army in the first place, and then why he rejoined (he was a staunch Catholic and quite anti English when we were growing up).
As always, I wish I had asked more questions while the people that could answer them were still here!
Anyway, any advice would be appreciated. TIA
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