5511010 Robert WILSON, Hampshire Regiment & postwar Royal Artillery

Discussion in 'Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy' started by Barin, Apr 13, 2020.

  1. Barin

    Barin New Member

    Tracer Card Help please.
    Hi, New to this site, so please move if in wrong category. Can any one help with a Tracer Card for a friend who knows nothing of her dads Military History. All she knows is he was in Royal Artllery(Field) service number
    21002961. Also a Trooper number 5511010 . She remembers her dad was wounded at some time and apparantly was one of the first to do a H.A.L.O jump. On the tracer card i found online it says he joined in 1947, so after war? He spent some time in India i think.
    Any help much appreciated, hope i have posted this right,
    Barin
     

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  2. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    Hi,

    Welcome to the forum.

    I expect your friend has turned up this card by taking advantage of the current free access Ancestry weekend.

    The tracer card is used as part of a central index tracking system and records only a small part of a man’s service history in military shorthand.The next stage ought to be applying to U.K. MOD for his service records via this link -

    Get a copy of military service records

    Looking at the tracer card it shows an enlistment into Royal Artillery 22nd December 1947.
    After initial training he is posted overseas to the Far East in March 1948. Far East could mean anywhere from India to Hong Kong and all points in between.

    He appears to be posted to 26 Field Regiment in late April 1948 but quickly moved on via RA Depot (presumably in Far East Command) to 14 Field Regiment by October 1948.

    The next entry is a posting to Home Details in June 1949. I presume this is a UK posting followed 2 months later by a posting to 44 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment in August 1949. He has 2 short spells on the Y list in 1950 - perhaps sickness related.

    He appears to be posted to Anti Aircraft Command Depot in November 1950 then on to HQ Field Regiment Depot in early 1951 remaining there for over a year until he is posted to Y list again in March 1952 and is then discharged in May 1952.

    You would need to have sight of Kings Regulations to identify the reason for his discharge.

    I can’t see any reference to the second army service number you mention.

    As I said at the outset the next step ought to be getting the full service record.

    Steve
     
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  3. Barin

    Barin New Member

    Hi Tullybrone, many thanks for your reply. My research now shows he was in India indeed. On the reverse of card it says Dis.Para. 390 Any idea if that means Parachute Regiment or maybe just paragraph. I have been researching my friends family history for her,I will advise to get full military records.
    Thanks once again
    Steve
     
  4. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    5511010 relates to service with the Hampshire Regiment prior to 1942.

    He may have re-enlisted after wartime service, all would be confirmed with his full service records?
     
  5. Tullybrone

    Tullybrone Senior Member

    I obviously didn’t make it clear in my earlier post - that last entry on the bottom of P2 has nothing at all to do with the Parachute Regiment.

    It is the Kings Regulations (Army Rule Book) paragraph reference for the reason for his discharge hence why I said above -

    “You would need to have sight of Kings Regulations to identify the reason for his discharge.”

    Steve
     
  6. Barin

    Barin New Member

    Many thanks Guy and Tullybrone. I really appreciate all your help. Full service records next!
    Steve
     
  7. Barin

    Barin New Member

    Hey Guys, my research has shown some more info.
    1. Robert Wilson was in C.M.B. India Military Hospital Barakpore.
    2. Was in Elleborough Maidan Camp British Wing 31/05/1945
    3. Served with 2nd Recce Ley (laf) 2nd Div
    This is as much as his mother has found out.
    Full service records next methinks

    Steve
     

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