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demobilisation

  1. Kingsnorth36
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    WW2 Application for Medals and Stars question (Age Code)

    Hi Everyone I have been looking at the card for: Full Name Neal, Harry Service Number 14428811 Age Code 53 Award Date 12 Aug 1948 Type Of Medal...
    Thread by: Kingsnorth36, Feb 9, 2025, 3 replies, in forum: Service Records
  2. Shazbaz
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    These Parliament papers may be interesting to some

    Hope I've attached these right, I came across these papers and just thought someone might find them interesting I'm a real novice so If anyone...
    Thread by: Shazbaz, Mar 29, 2024, 1 replies, in forum: General
  3. Greig Wilkie
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    My Grandpa’s war; John Hepburn Wilkie 282308. 6th Seaforth Highlanders and Royal Scots

    Good evening all, This is my first post. The wealth of knowledge, information and expertise I have obtained from this site is quite staggering. It...
    Thread by: Greig Wilkie, Feb 5, 2024, 2 replies, in forum: User Introductions
  4. C J Bullock's grandson
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    Question about WW2 demob process and timings

    I am interested in the background to WW2 demob. My grandfather's Release Book has several dates, ranging from Nov 1945 (officer's testimonial...
    Thread by: C J Bullock's grandson, Jan 16, 2023, 3 replies, in forum: General
  5. Mike Selcon
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    Acronyms in WW2 Service Records

    Hi I hope someone can help me. I am researching a Royal Artillery Gunner in WW2. His service record shows that on 03/11/1944 he deployed to...
    Thread by: Mike Selcon, Dec 10, 2019, 14 replies, in forum: Service Records
  6. Paul Dorrell
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    Demob thread: How, how long, age & service group numbers of release, etc

    How was the demobilsation of troops managed at the end of the war? Were troops returned the their regiment's home town / base and then processed...
    Thread by: Paul Dorrell, Jun 27, 2011, 58 replies, in forum: Service Records
  7. popeye1975
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    Returning to UK 1945

    I know that most service personnel from the Far East and the Pacific returned to the UK after the end of WW2 by sea, often aboard aircraft...
    Thread by: popeye1975, Mar 30, 2018, 19 replies, in forum: War Against Japan
  8. brithm
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    For Your Guidance - RAF Demob Booklet

    For Your Guidance - What To Do On Leaving The Service and How To Do It RAF Demobilisation Booklet
    Thread by: brithm, Jan 10, 2017, 0 replies, in forum: The War In The Air
  9. SuzQ
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    Time Gap following PYTHON

    Hi All Thanks to all the help and guidance, that I have been given on the forum already, I have very slowly been navigating my way through all...
    Thread by: SuzQ, Oct 26, 2015, 9 replies, in forum: Royal Artillery
  10. chrisy49
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    Service group C60

    I've noticed on several pages of a mans service documents the following: Age and service Group C60 and a grid with C60 written in it and under...
    Thread by: chrisy49, Mar 23, 2015, 1 replies, in forum: Service Records
  11. Joe Brown
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    Remembering: 'The Last 200 Yards to Civvy Street'

    Reading again Robert Waithmans article in the News Chronicle in 1946, it brings back memories of 67 years ago when coming to terms with ‘that it...
    Thread by: Joe Brown, Oct 16, 2013, 3 replies, in forum: General
  12. RemeDesertRat
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    De-mob location?

    Did service personnel have a choice of where they were de-mobbed? Dad was with 8th Army from 1941 onwards and was de-mobbed at Naples, Italy in...
    Thread by: RemeDesertRat, Mar 7, 2011, 11 replies, in forum: General
  13. Larry
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    Did Demob Pay include extra money for service overseas ?

    Ron & I were having a discussion the other day about demob pay. I said I remembered receiving extra pay because I had served overseas whereas he...
    Thread by: Larry, Oct 20, 2010, 6 replies, in forum: General
  14. Steve G
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    " Demobbed : Coming Home After WW2 "

    Wow! I retrieved it from my post box at 13:00. I finished it at 01:00. Probably the only book I've literally sat and read, cover to cover, in...
    Thread by: Steve G, Oct 15, 2009, 5 replies, in forum: Books, Films, TV, Radio
  15. Smudger Jnr
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    Demob

    I know that the Americans had a number/points system to prioritise demob from the services. Can anyone explain the British system of demob as I...
    Thread by: Smudger Jnr, Sep 20, 2008, 7 replies, in forum: Service Records
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