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Discussion in 'Military Service Records & Genealogical Research' started by marauder125, Nov 22, 2008.

  1. marauder125

    marauder125 Member

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    Hi
    I need some help to find out about my father-in-laws war service in Burma, his name was Charles Henry Howlett and he was a duty sergeant in the Royal Berks regiment ( Warwick ) he was called up on 19th Feb 1942 and his army number was 14204249.
    Below is the only photo we have of him sitting on his bike, we dont know the passenger, we believe Charlie may have been a dispatch rider?
    We would love to know which medals he would have received as they went missing many years ago, if possible we would like to get replacements.
    Any help you could give would be great.
    many thanks.
     
  2. Richie B

    Richie B Member

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    This links takes you to the MOD page and tells you the procedure for getting records

    Service records

    Good hunting

    Richie
     
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  3. marauder125

    marauder125 Member

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    Hi Richie,
    thanks for the link, we will make use of it very soon.
    many thanks
     
  4. marauder125

    marauder125 Member

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    Hi all been a long time since I first posted for help but we now have Charlies Service Records, but they are a bit vague on what he was up to,
    but we now know he was in the 9th battalion Royal Berkshire Reg from 19 /02/1942 and then posted to Deolali in India and he also went
    to Parbatipur and was involved in operation Python, the writing on the forms is very hard to read but this seems to be all the info we have,
    if anyone has any info that we could add to this we would be very grateful,
    many thanks
     
  5. LRusso216

    LRusso216 Graybeard Staff Member

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    I would hope you get some more answers from some of our British members. In the meantime, you might want to post at our sister site, WW2talk.com. They are much more British/European oriented, and you might get more answers there, as well.
     
  6. marauder125

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    Many thanks LRusso I will take a look and may post there too.
     
  7. macrusk

    macrusk Proud Daughter of a Canadian WWII Veteran

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    https://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/wardiary.php Informtion re the war diaries of the Royal Berkshire Regiment

    Anglo-Celtic Connections: Royal Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment War Diaries

    Search page 20

    The Wartime Memories Project - The Second World War - The Royal Berkshire Regiment,  (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

    Second World War Books Survey Royal Berkshire RegimentBlight, Gordon. The History of the Royal Berkshire Regiment, 1920-1947. London: Staples Press, 1953

    Spreadia | Royal Berkshire Regiment

    Battle Honours

    www.Chindits.Info Order of Battle

    Search | colonialfilm

    Comrades Berkshiremen

    Warren Weidenburner CHINA-BURMA-INDIA "...Camp Deolali is located in western India, about 100 miles northeast of Bombay. During World War II it was used as a transit camp for soldiers arriving in India and awaiting assignment in the CBI Theater...."
     

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