Please excuse if I am posting this is the wrong forum.
I am trying to research a little about my father who served in WWII.
He and my mother are deceased, and my sister and I have very few records and information, so I have been struggling to make progress. The websites that offer searches never give any results of searches on his name.
If anyone can give me a nudge to progress this I would be very grateful.
Name: Clarence Ernest Davies (always knows as "Mick")
Rank: Private
DOB: January 2 1920
Military service that we were told by my father:
Joined up at outbreak of the war into Grenadier Guards. Transferred sometime after to the Commandos based in Scotland.
When the Commando unit that formed the beginning of the Parachute Regiment he then became part of 1 Para.
(He used to say that he was one of the first 500 Paras)
He fought in North Africa, Sicily/Italy, Arnhem.
His medals are:
The African Star - Army
The 1939 - 1945 Star
The Defence Medal
The Italy Star
War Medal 1939-1945
He was demobbed at the end of the war.
My sister has the family "archives" and is trying to locate more info, but she hasnt been able to locate his death certificate so we are unable to apply to the government for his service record, and we just cannot find his service number.
Thank you,
Joe
I am trying to research a little about my father who served in WWII.
He and my mother are deceased, and my sister and I have very few records and information, so I have been struggling to make progress. The websites that offer searches never give any results of searches on his name.
If anyone can give me a nudge to progress this I would be very grateful.
Name: Clarence Ernest Davies (always knows as "Mick")
Rank: Private
DOB: January 2 1920
Military service that we were told by my father:
Joined up at outbreak of the war into Grenadier Guards. Transferred sometime after to the Commandos based in Scotland.
When the Commando unit that formed the beginning of the Parachute Regiment he then became part of 1 Para.
(He used to say that he was one of the first 500 Paras)
He fought in North Africa, Sicily/Italy, Arnhem.
His medals are:
The African Star - Army
The 1939 - 1945 Star
The Defence Medal
The Italy Star
War Medal 1939-1945
He was demobbed at the end of the war.
My sister has the family "archives" and is trying to locate more info, but she hasnt been able to locate his death certificate so we are unable to apply to the government for his service record, and we just cannot find his service number.
Thank you,
Joe
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