This Gentlemans son would like to know about hisv fathers service record - he was born in 1918 and joined the army in 1933/5 was based in Kettering, and was under age at 15 when he joined. His service number was 5884108 in 1945 and he was in the Intelligance Corps then - can anyone help please as Geoffrey seems to have disappeared between his birth and death in 1988!
hello the first place to start is apply for his service records via the offical link Get a copy of military service records - GOV.UK he originally enlisted The army number: 5884108 indicates that the soldier's original unit or date joined was: "Northamptonshire Regiment" http://www.corpsofmilitarypolice.org/tools/armynumber?query=5884108+
Christine, Geoffrey Burton's army number, 5884108, tells you that he originally enlisted in the Northmaptonshire Regiment. There is an excellent online archive of the Northamptonshire Regiment. Northamptonshire Regiment Guy
England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2005 Name: Geoffrey Burton Mother's Maiden Surname: Mobbs Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1918 Registration district: Kettering Inferred County: Cambridgeshire Volume Number: 3b Page Number: 223 England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 Name: Geoffrey Burton Birth Date: 30 Oct 1918 Date of Registration: Feb 1988 Age at Death: 69 Registration district: Colchester Inferred County: Essex Volume: 9 Page: 2370 TD edited to add: It is noted as him aged 16 - there are others
Did he marry - Clarice Amelia Nolan ?? This another photo of him, but I'm not sure about the 'wings' they seem placed TD
England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 Name: Geoffrey Burton Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1945 Registration district: Wandsworth Inferred County: Surrey Spouse: Clarice A Nolan Volume Number: 1d Page Number: 1266 TD
Hi, Just to clarify OP comment of "underage enlistment". Boys could serve/enlist officially in the British Army from Age 14 - the minimum age for leaving school in the 1930's. The comedian/actor Norman Wisdom is one of the "famous" boy soldiers of that era. Steve Y
