I know it is a long shot, but do you have anything with your grandfathers army number on it? Maybe something like a button stick kept as a souvenir?
If so, you can find out his unit almost instantly, without paying for his records and without waiting for them to arrive.
In the first part of WW2 the army was still using the number "blocks" first introduced in 1920. This means that if you have an other ranks number you have the unit he trained with.
For example: 2845123 would be the Seaforth Highlanders, 4421476 would be the Green Howards and so on.
Later in the war soldiers were given a slightly longer "General Service" number starting with 14. However, those who were already in the army retained their original number.
This means that, as I have an interest in the KRRC, I can spot a former 60th Rifles grave whilst at a CWGC Cemetery and place a poppy on it.
His number will still be in the "block" that runs from 6837001 to 6905000, no matter where the army later sent him.
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