This is my grandad. .don't know nothing about what he did in ww2..was wondering if anyone could identify his uniform for me please.
Apply for his service records then you will know for certain - Request records of deceased service personnel TD Have you full name, date of birth, date of death - a few more details might help
Hi TD is right, you will need his Service Record to be 100% accurate. On the back there is an address for: STO K BAYLISS P/SX 788246 HMS Venerable CO GPO London STO stands for Stoker P means he was trained at Portsmouth S means he is a Stoker and X means he was a long service seaman CO means Care Of GPO means General Post Office HMS Venarable was a aircraft carrier in WW2 HMS Venerable (R63) - Wikipedia Only one problem is that the chap in the picture looks like someone who is in the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC). Maybe he has a friend or relative in the navy? Hope this helps Gus
Faintly make out an address 108, Tyndale Crescent, Feasey Estate? and there's a Tyndale Crescent in Great Barr, Birmingham - does that mean anything? Why write "badges, gold buttons"?..... can you make out anything else? Is there no one who can tell you more about Jack (John?)? No memorabilia, other photos, medals, stories anything? If "your" Jack Lane was born 26 July 1911, widowed mother Mary H Lane, elder sister Annie, then in 1939 Register he's shown as a car salesman and also Auxiliary Fire Service volunteer living in Sherbourne Road, Birmingham, about 11 miles from Tyndale Crescent.
