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16-04-17, 10:00 AM
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SAAF cap badge question
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Thanks guys. That's very re-assuring, I hadn't...
Thanks guys. That's very re-assuring, I hadn't heard of campaign castings before, but I was pretty sure of its vintage. Would they have been made in the workshops at one of the bases, or would...
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SAAF cap badge question
Found this SAAF badge in my father's effects, along with an RAAF badge, and his RAF badges from WW2. I assume it comes from when he was in the Desert Air Force c1942, but its really quite crude,...
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WW1 Manchester Rgt / KLR to sort out
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Found something searching one of the on-line...
Found something searching one of the on-line genealogy databases, says he was 9th Labour Company KLR from 1917, and later 74th Company Labour Corps. What I now suspect is that he was a Clerk with the...
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
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Royal Auxiliary Air Force Badge
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Thanks, thats another oddity in my dad's stuff...
Thanks, thats another oddity in my dad's stuff explained.
Steve
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Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force
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Royal Auxiliary Air Force Badge
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Royal Auxiliary Air Force Badge
My father was in the Royal Auxiliary Air Force from 1954 to 1959 at RAF Old Catton, Norwich. I found this lapel badge in his effects together with his discharge papers. I expected to be able to find...
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WW1 Manchester Rgt / KLR to sort out
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Aha ! Any help with identifying him within Kings...
Aha ! Any help with identifying him within Kings is most welcome.
Yes, I couldn't find him at first on the website, but its because someone has mis-typed his first name when the data was entered...
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WW1 Manchester Rgt / KLR to sort out
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Yes, though surprised at the question as I...
Yes, though surprised at the question as I assumed medal markings are well known.
He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory medal and the inscription is identical on each, they both...
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WW1 Manchester Rgt / KLR to sort out
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Thanks very much. That is a great advance on what...
Thanks very much. That is a great advance on what I previously knew. I didn't realise people jumped around between regiments and got different army numbers, probably because my father and mother...
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WW1 Manchester Rgt / KLR to sort out
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WW1 Manchester Rgt / KLR to sort out
I have signed on here in the hope you can help me understand my grandfather's WW1 story from medals, badge/brooch, WW1 photo postcard and attestation record which suggests to me he signed up for the...
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